When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

I have never wanted to be typecast, one of those actors who plays a variation on a one-note theme. So just as I enjoy playing a wide variety of characters, from good to bad to ugly to cute - so I have enjoyed of late working in film and television, as well as in theatres of various sizes and shapes.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.

When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.

Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy.