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

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

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

The ferocity of passion that is engendered by people when they don't like what you've done is really tremendous. It's intense.

I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. Ive had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do.

When I'm acting, I'm in the director's hands. I'm very happy to be. I like to be focused on what I'm doing.

Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty.