I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on film and with new technology, but that is just so they can discover theatre. I want them to come in and sit in a theatre. This is the way to plant seeds.

The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.

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

There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.

While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.

When you know you have 1,000 people sitting on the edge of their seats in silence because of a shift that just happened on stage, there is no better feeling.

As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something.