In an ideal way, in an ideal world, myself and the director are one. And as you rightly say, in an ideal world, you can't see the horizon between sky and sea. I felt that the times with Spielberg (Steven Spielberg on Schindler's List we were moving as one creature. (on Winning the Oscar for best Actor in Gandhi) "If I knew I was going to win, I would not have gone dressed as a Waiter." "As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving." "Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work." All the great writers root their characters in true human behavior. As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now. As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving. Being a leading man on a film set under the direction of somebody like Dickie Attenborough is very empowering, and you have to be extremely careful how you use that power. But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible. [about the holocaust] It's like a big, hulking monster squatting in the middle of our history and it won't go away. About actress Aishwarya Rai: "It was a pleasure working with Aishwarya in _The Last Legion (2007)_ , and her fans are in for a big surprise. She is an excellent and outstanding actor. She is a shining example of beauty from India and I'm sure we will be seeing her in more Hollywood movies real soon." (August, 2006)