It's exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you've got to up your game. Working with good people is always good.

He ... knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently.

It's actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you'll be okay.

It's interesting, for me sappy means sentimental and something that gets you in your heart, gets you emotional. That's what I mean. Also, of course, it means that I'm slightly setting up the audience that there's a bit of fun involved, as well.

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare. I actually want to do this Shakespeare play in New York, but I think it's interesting that there's this gaping hole in the repertoire in the American theater, which is Shakespeare. It's hardly ever done, compared to how often it's done in other companies, not just Britain. Someone from the Roundabout Theater Company - I said, "You never do Shakespeare." And he said, "Yes, we're not very good at it." And I thought, "What a terrible thing to say.".

I'm quite good, though I say it myself, at making strangers feel at ease.