You can't turn a "no" to a "yes" without a "maybe" in between.

There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.

Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.

If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!

Kids arent growing up with a sense of television as the aspirational place for their ideas.

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

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.