If you judge the character, you cant play it.

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.

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 don't play villains, I play very interesting people

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

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

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