At the risk of sounding naff, it is having hope fulfilled.

The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles.

I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period.

Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think thats because we were trained - until now - in theatre.

When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

Nurture your Dream everyday. A strong dream will empower you to take bold decisions and allow you to follow your heart.

People aspire, learn, and grow when they are ready to commit to the process.

Everything has a reason, though it cannot always be deduced for we cannot see the full picture of a life at any point in time.

Death is nature's way of killing you.

By the deficiency or absence of one necessary constituent, all the others being present, the soil is rendered barren for all those crops to the life of which that one constituent is indispensable.

If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.

I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

O, Winter! Put away thy snowy pride; O, Spring! Neglect the cowslip and the bell; O, Summer! Throw thy pears and plums aside; O, Autumn! Bid the grape with poison swell.

I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home