I let my work speak for me.
Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.
When you most succeed, you do so by seeming not to act at all.
When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success.
I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means.
I come from a background where you don't show off the good things you do. It's modesty.
I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'
My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.
