If someone came up with a new idea for a pantomime that worked, then that would be great but we shouldn't step away from Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin or Mother Goose.

We always need to create and re-create but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Goodness transcends badness.

I love London. I know it's an old saying but there's always something to do, so much so that when you live here you end up not actually doing much!

We all have our own areas where we are gifted or where we struggle and that's at the heart of everyone's journey.

People love the traditional pantomimes and I don't think we need to disregard that tradition.

There is of course a dark side to panto because there are always baddies and you can't have a baddie without a dark side. But most of the time the baddies become good.

All theatre has truth, from Theatre in Education to panto to Shakespeare.

The idea with theatre is to come to an environment that you enjoy.

Everyone has their own taste: some like theatre, some don't, some like opera, some don't, some like pantomimes, and some don't.

Although it may be the easiest, it's not always the best.

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

I have a really full life, both within music and outside it.

No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.

If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

When children reach the age of sixteen, they discover the meaning of life: car keys.

We [black actors] are more respected in Europe, because in Europe, I'm not a black actor - I'm an action star. In America, I'm a black actor.

In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.

I'm pretty good at indulging myself. I'm about to go travel for a week. I like to get massaged, go into steam rooms. I take care of myself.

Anybody's position on an issue, anything they've said about an issue, and any way they've voted on an issue is fair game. You have every right to question that and go after it aggressively.

I buy my Avengers tickets. But I think people are going to really get into seeing this other side of the world.