I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.

You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can live with in yourself if you're going to play the villain in a play on stage.

You cannot learn anything from success, you only learn from failure.

I only travel to good material, a good director and a good company. I won't work in another country for a year any longer, because I have a lovely wife and I adore her and I can't bear to be away from her.

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.

I'm still a kid inside, and adventure is adventure wherever you find it.

A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.