A sweaty Macbeth with blood on his arms coming in fresh from the battle doesn't interest me.

Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.

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.

Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.

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

So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.

For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing out here.