It is so painful watching yourself act, particularly because you can't do anything about it, it's all done and dusted.

That's the imagination that happens in the theater. That imagination is translated in film by the film magicians and all the technology.

I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I don't want to be forever spouting, diluting the impact of addressing my most urgent concern - legal and social equality for gay people worldwide.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

All other areas of my life, I'm hopeless. I can't even be certain how to boil an egg.

I think I'm a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I'm certainly older.

Some directors don't tell you that it's not your fault, so you get increasingly depressed that you're not delivering what's required, and then you discover it's not you at all, it's something in the background that's out of focus.