I've Done Classical Theaters. I Played Hamlet

You Never Know When You're Taking A Job, Ever... But You Try To Take Good Scripts. That's All You Can Do As An Actor - Take The Best Thing Available. Even Then, It's Not [really] In Your Control. Certainly Not In Film And Tv, Because There Are So Many Other Elements. You Just Have To Take Control Of Your Own Performance.

For Me The Rehearsal Period Is The Part I Most Enjoy. It's The Creating Of The Story.

I've Had Loss In My Life, And I Like To Think My Mother's Energy Lives On In Some Faintly Buddhist Way. I Do Find Some Comfort There.

Temperamentally I'm Not A Natural Producer, Because I Don't Have The Patience.

Dramatically It's Always More Interesting To Conceal Rather Than Reveal Things.