It was really bizarre. I was learning how to be a black guy from a white guy pretending to be a black man.

The filming of Shakespeare is always problematic, because he hates posing for the camera

They don't make red noses to fit black people. I have a wide nose like a Volkswagen and I have never had a red nose that fitted me.

Ecstasy is a drug so powerful, it makes white people think they can dance.

That's where depression hits you most - your home life. It doesn't affect your work. I can't do this zany, wacky, funny thing any more. I haven't been like that for a long time.

My voice was pretty good almost all through Othello. Alexander Technique really helped my posture and focus.

It was really bizarre. I was learning how to be a black guy from a white guy pretending to be a black man.