Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, ‘God, wasn't it wonderful.’

I feel an enormous responsibility to bridge the gap between England and America, and be a sort of very quiet ambassador for my country to try to sort of do a "hands across the water" thing where they understand England and English people understand Americans. I adore America.

I'm thrilled in a way because musicals should be preserved. It's mostly unique to America, and they give us so much joy.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

You always do that with movie musicals. You prerecord and then you lip-synch to playback.

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

Steadiness is coming up short 19 times and succeeding the twentieth.