Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by 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.

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone.

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

Anytime someone can beat the acting out of someone else, I think its a wonderful thing.

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

The control is shifting because of the democratisation of the internet. My industry is very good at building walls to stop people getting in.