I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.
Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.
Sometimes directors feel like they have to justify that hat that they are wearing they've got on as a director, and they come in and they tweak and interfere.
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.