I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life.

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.

It was but then, when you're, one of the great poisonous events that have infected us all who were in South Africa is that the idea of difference is drip fed into your veins. It's that that you fight.

You learn from mistakes, but Shakespeare is one big non mistake isn't he? He just got everything right really.

I still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart.

And I think that that emphasis on keeping a family together, alike, I think it's important.

I suppose meeting people whether it's in real life and actually shaking their flesh and blood hand or shaking the mystical hand of the character all rub off on you in some way.