Who would want a face that hasn't seen or lived properly, hasn't got any wrinkles that come with age, experience and laughter? Not me, anyway.
Men are boys for such a long time and really don't start getting the great roles until they're in their mid-thirties. But then they've got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it's all about playing younger and younger and younger.
Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.
When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.
Because the picture is called 'Veronica Guerin,' you expect a biopic. But it's really about the last two years of her life.
Fine-tuning a play like 'Uncle Vanya,' which is already well-known to the people playing it, is not so much a verbal exercise as it is a visceral one.