Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I love the theatre and theatre people.

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.

I was rather a fat little boy.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

Watching dance isn't about picking up moves. It's about noting the relationships between motion and space and rhythm to absorb a greater concept

I have accepted fear as a part of life-specifically the fear of change. ... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ...

From the outset, however, this whole controversy has been plagued by tacit assumptions, very often of a philosophical rather than a physical character.

Sometimes things happen that you never thought would. Sometimes you're just blessed

Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

Do it even if you shouldn't, do it becuase you want to, do it becuase it will make things better.

The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun about playing a character that has a lot of authority in her own life.

A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.

Is there anything more useless than a crouton? I sometimes wake up in the small hours with a start and realise that what's roused me is an overpowering urge to visit violence on its originator.