You can feel whether an audience is tightened up and pulled back. Of course the opposite is an audience like we've been having in LA, which is fabulous.

I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.

I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.

San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.

I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.

I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important.