Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.
When people see a negative thing about me on a magazine, they're gonna buy it. Every time some site writes something bad, all my followers go on there, and it brings them more traffic.
The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.
When someone goes to watch my film in the theatre, they won't remember the last four articles they read about me. Instead, they will think about the last film I did.
You don't realize that when you're young, and you're surprised there's a lot of people at your gig - you just think it's general British-press hype.
I defy any newcomer not to believe his or her publicity at the very beginning. It's only natural. At least it was for me.
Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.
We don't give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give 'em plenty of publicity.
People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on.
