In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the author's dead. It's just us and the audience.

Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"

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.

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

[There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.

It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.

My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.