It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.

I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.

I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.

At the beginning of a long-running play, everyone's nervous and paces around in a panic and reapplies lipstick. After a while, you'll get long-running card games or word games like Boggle.

We lack rituals in this modern world.

My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.