I come from the theatre, my bones are in the theatre; it’s as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre

It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to.

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else.

The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors.

The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary.

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

Actually I think 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' could sit very very perfectly in the middle of a Disney world I think.