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.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.

What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.

I love producing, I love bringing things together.

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to.

While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a childs imagination.