I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to.

Learn to take rejection, keep fit and work only with the best in your field.

Just because you are successful in one area does not necessarily mean you're going to be successful in another.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.

My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts.

You couldn't even write me a paper about the roles you would dream of playing in modern musical theatre.

If you're a serious actor, you wouldn't put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first week and all your colleagues saw it.

I never enjoyed being famous.

"Evita" obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing.

I don't expect you to fight over me... But I do expect you to fight for me... for us.

Evil would never bring Good, however much they wanted to believe that it would. By the time they discovered the truth, it would be too late.

The sarcastic little know-it-all needs help, does he?

Queuing tips for fans: wrap up and bring food!

I'm never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.

Only a small percentage of novelists, painters, musicians, scientists, anywhere in the world, are talented. But there are many more in Hollywood than one would expect from looking movies.

Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.

I am not made of steel. Rage. I...am made... of RAGE!!!!

I'm still making my decision in the next few days on what path I'm going to take. What really makes me excited now is to continue to give back to the sport.

The reward for good work is more work.