Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do.
But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.
You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.
I had no money at all back then. I was later paid $600 a week for The Dirty Dozen, which was lovely, after having no money for years.