My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.

I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.

Success is that old ABC: ability, breaks and courage.

Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.

Whether our work is art or science or the daily work of society, it is only the form in which we explore our experience which is different.

As an actor, I feel that my work makes me very vulnerable. I have to be emotionally available to serve the scene I'm doing. You never quite know where your emotions will take you.

There's a lot of anti-intellectualism in Britain. And the writer's views on this or that are really of less importance, as they see it, than that of the man in the street.

The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.

The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows how to leapfrog when it finds itself behind.

I've never modeled myself on anybody, but there are a lot of people whose work I really admire and attitudes I certainly subscribe to.