I Don't Want People To

When You Work On Anything, You Want To Find The Range Of Impulses - Which Ones Get Portrayed Is Another Question, But You Want To Have That Complexity And That Fullness, Even If You're Playing A Cartoon Character.

I Love Sam Neill. The Thing That I Always Say About Him, And I Think It's True, Is He's So Dry. When He's Serious, I Think He's Joking; When He's Joking, I Think He's Serious.

I Was Born William. My Father Was William. I Came From A Big Family, I Hated Being Called Billy. Willem's A Nickname; It's A Dutch Name, Very Common In The Netherlands.

In Films You Do A Scene, You Play Around With It And Unless You're Doing A Lot Of Reshooting, Which No One Has The Luxury To Do, You Deal With The Problem For A Day And Then You Move On. On Some Level, It Never Allows You To Go Very Deep Into What Performing Is About.

While We Have A Very Strong Popular Culture, The Roots Of American Culture Are Very Shallow, And We Put Emphasis On How A Movie Does As Far As The Box Office Goes. Many Years Ago, It Would Have Been Vulgar To Print Box - Office Grosses In The Paper. Now The New York Times Does It, And It's The Big Story For People Interested In Arts And Entertainment On Monday. Which Is Why Emphasis Has Shifted Away From Filmmakers And Fallen On Movie Stars And Business People.