In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be.

I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.

Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?

I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look.

It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.

I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.

I often don't feel like the person I look like.

I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

Each day I connect with my inner being. Doing so, makes navigating through life so much easier.

There shouldn't ever be a gas shortage in our world...when so many people are full of it!

Kissing Hugh was lovely. Glad I invented it. Can't rely on Austen for a snog, that's for sure.

Safety tip. When you see smoke run, never wait for fire.

Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children

I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.

The bringers of joy have always been the children of sorrow.

To mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.

Turn your eyes away from fear. Discontinue the conversations of fear if you choose to embrace the fullness of your heart

The less unnecessary effort you put into learning, the more successful you'll be . . . Doing the wrong thing with more intensity rarely improves the situation.