No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story.

I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on film and with new technology, but that is just so they can discover theatre. I want them to come in and sit in a theatre. This is the way to plant seeds.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

You've got to trust the ground you're standing on and the work you've done in telling your story. The goal should be to bring those thousands of people - viewers - together and make them one. When you feel that happening, it's usually in silence, not applause or laughter.

Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.

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

I find drinking really helps.