They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.

I am basically a religious man.

The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more.

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces.