And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'

It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press.

Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.

I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost.

You always have to create the character from the ground up.

Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics.

Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet.