I've heard from quite a few people, you sense that there is an ownership of the [ Cinderella], it was so personal for so many people, so I was interested in trying to work out why that was.

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.

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

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.

If you think that the intifada in France is about housing, go and try covering the story wearing a yarmulka .

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men cando." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do.

There is sort of a continuing problem of putting a moral template on the future that is based on the morality of today.

By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.

Privation and suffering alone open the mind to all that is hidden to others. (Igjugarjuk)

Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.

If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.