The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.

My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.