I now want to be playing parts more interesting to me and more exciting to me.

All of our health is basically genetics.

Theres a great deal of attention paid and books written about this change of life in a woman, and really very little written about a mans change of life.

There is a thing called the death wish, a literal thing. It doesn't mean you want to die. It just means however we're built, as we get into these years, some inner part of you does begin to accept the fact that you're heading towards the end, and there's a peace that comes with that.

When I closed in "King Lear" I went into a period of depression for about three weeks, and every actor I've talked to who's ever played a major, major Shakespeare role has done this.

But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort.

The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft.