I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.

Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

I sometimes think that theatre is a torture.