The thing I love about live performance the most, is that the doors are closed, the lights are turned down, and the audience has to be reverential to what's happening onstage.

Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.

Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.

I was quite shocked at the tone I took and the judgements I had of the relationship that she embarked on, you know, sex with a minor. But it's the stuff of great drama.