We have to start listening to nature now.

I think that when you put yourself, as actors have to do, in other people's shoes, when you have to put on the costume that someone else has worn in their life, it gets much, much harder to be prejudiced against them and even to be - to not try to look at the world in a sense of "I'm not going to judge somebody. I'm going to try to understand who they are and what they're about."

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

The 24 Hour Plays is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

I dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them.

I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world did that man or that woman sit down at a typewriter, a computer or a pen and an ink well, and seemingly have nothing come between their heart and that pen.

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.