I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

I've been around politics a long time. I've seen it at its best and its worst, been at so many events, listened to private conversations versus public speaking, understood the game of it, and in many ways the theatrics.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot.

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.