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.

With the best intentions, the job of acting can become a display of accumulated bad habits, trapped instincts and blocked energies. Working with the Alexander Technique has given me sightings of another way... Mind and body, work and life together. Real imaginative freedom.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

I'm a lot less serious than people think.

When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look at his extremities, do you? You look at his centre. What you never see is the hours of work that went into the routines, you just see the breathtaking spirit and freedom.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.