I don't like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight...I've always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.

I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.

If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow.

[Salomaybe] is my presentation, my vision of the world. Not so much to satisfy the audience at large.

People are always asking me to do Shakespeare - at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It's like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It's great therapy.

The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.

I'm always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain't bad. You can meet people on it.