Every single film since [Pride and Prejudice] there`s been a scene where someone goes, `Well I think you`ve just killed Mr Darcy`. But he is a figure that won`t die. He is wandering somewhere. I can`t control him. I tried to play with it in Bridget Jones....
And I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions...the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. (Italian Vogue)
The first actor who really blew me away was Paul Scofield in [the movie] A Man for All Seasons (1966). I`d never seen such integrity in acting, and it struck me as a fascinating paradox because acting is artifice. It can be argued to be entirely false. I ...