I guess, coming from England ... Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman, they're your country's big stars, and in England, they're even more so. I mean, they star on the American screen. These are huge American icons. I think that what John was saying about Dustin, he works harder than anyone that I've ever seen. He cares so deeply about what he's doing. His passion is tremendous and he still get scared. I still get scared. I was terrified working with these guys and he told me, 'I still get scared myself,' and I think that's what keeps an actor good, and Gene has this incredible power. You can sense that he's doing nothing, it's so simple what he's doing, and he has this thing going on inside him. It's a smoldering power, and he comes in and does his job, he's very chivalrous, very polite. Then John, I've been a massive fan of John since I can remember. It was a genuine honor to work with him. I feel like I was better when I got to work with him. He has this unbelievable charm and a lightness of touch which is so brilliant for his character on this jury. No one suspects that he's up to anything. He sort of makes everything feel light and charming, but he has this other side as his character. I think that he has a huge intelligence, a profound intelligence. He's just an unbelievable combination, that wit and charm.
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