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 wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.

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

I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.

Everything contains its antithesis.

I never have time to myself; it's the one thing about my life I would probably hope to change.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'