I terribly miss - we all miss, I think - somebody like the great producer Irving Thalberg. He had a foot in both camps: He understood us creative people. And he understood the money people.

Netflix did it right and focused on all the things that have replaced the dumb, raw numbers of the Nielsen world - they embraced targeted marketing and 'brand' as a virtue higher than ratings.

I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.

The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.

One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.

Pushing the boundaries of what is expected of you is important to me.

The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.