A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.

You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

I avoided nudity unless a film couldnt be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work.

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely.

With a theatre audience there's always the additional sense of a sustained challenge of which I'm acutely aware and for which you need to have the tools ready - your voice, physicality, brain.