The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.

The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across to a listener, whether it is one person or five thousand in a hall.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

I often make the analogy with tennis. Every match the rules are the same, but no game is ever the same. Theatre is like that. Every time is different.

It's not even about being negative. It's just being unsettled, unsatisfied, unfinished.

I don't want to show deleted scenes. I don't like an audience looking at what the movie might have been - if it's in the movie, it's in the movie.