I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.

My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

I dont have the confidence to be a personality.

I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.

I don't know any woman who is happy with her looks. I certainly wouldn't want to be friends with anyone who was.

And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear.

As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.

To choose holiness is to reject sin.

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.

He carefully maintained the blasé air of one who had been here before and had been incredibly well dressed that time too

A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.

Lionel Messi is the best player ever.

The music becomes more pure and soulful when it's true, and it has to be true these days with the way the internet works, and the way the game works, everyone wants authentic raps.

First, I do not think there is any silver bullet to solving the technology side of the security equation.

Nice little town, Albany. They've got a State Capitol there, you know.

Now think deeply. What have you done with your life over the past year? How do you feel inside?

I was forgetting that an artist also just stares at a piece of paper or canvas all day. It somehow never occurred to me to connect these two diverse creative modes.