On filming Brokeback Mountain.
It's rare to come upon a script so beautifully written. But that shoot was just torturous at times. It was a really tough, lonely shoot... Ennis has no confidence and he's lonely, so I wanted him to be slumped and uncomfortable and ... just very bleak. I wanted him to be a clenched fist; and therefore my mouth became clenched, too. It affects you quite a lot, you know? It really does. You go home, switch off, have a glass of wine and relax. But the second you lay down and go to sleep, you close your eyes and go through everything that happened the whole day. I feel like a sponge when I'm working. But I had a real sense of accomplishment once I'd finished."