A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.

It's what people create that makes my heart stop.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

I was a real art freak when I was a teenager.

I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better.

People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: why would anyone want their children to be the brightest? Academia is a lonely world.