The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

We do a lot of shows for young people who have probably never been to the theater before and they are learning about the Holocaust, which unhappily, many of them do not know about.

Talking about auditions, you never know what anyone else is thinking.

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

Thank God that I am not over 75 so that James Earl Jones knows who the hell I am.

Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.