Being on stage a lot is quite physical.
I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself.
It's been a long time since universal suffrage, and I'm sick of the old white men running the show.
Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?
If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.
You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.