I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.

Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.