Malcolm McDowell

The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.

The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an evening with. I never see them as bad people.

I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.