If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

I like it when stories are left open.

I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

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.