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.

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

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

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.

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

My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there's more there, there's more voice but I just didn't want to give it to her.