Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

I'm basically quite a cheerful person.

So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team.

I don’t feel in a kind of race or competition with him or anybody else, because that kind of reactive thing isn’t good, or isn’t useful for natural creative instincts

I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

If it's good art, it's good.

Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp.