I come from the theatre, my bones are in the theatre; it’s as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me. So I think it's about honesty and generosity.

We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them.

My definition of success is control.

The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them.

I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

The ferocity of passion that is engendered by people when they don't like what you've done is really tremendous. It's intense.

People lose their way when they lose their why.

O judgment! thou are fled to brutish beasts And men have lost their reason!

Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you.

Know that you have complete control over what you put in your mouth. No one ever ate anything by accident.

Love, that all gentle hearts so quickly know.

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.

Curvy is just a polite way of saying fat.

Trance is a natural everyday experience.

Don't hide your goosebumps.

If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill.