People need revelation, and then they need resolution.

You have to go where the good writing is.

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.

Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.

You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.