Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.

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.

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.

What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.

Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.

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

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