Im able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie.

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

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

Whatever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass. Every mistake you make, you will live through again and again, forever. So my advice to you is to get it right this time around. Because this time is all you have.

If you have done well in whatever business you are in, it is your duty to send the elevator back down and try to help bring up the next generation of undiscovered talent.

I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.

I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.