And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels.

But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays.

It's nice being offered a lot of interesting films and being asked to take part in things that are quite curious. If you hunt and keep looking, there are some wonderful things that come out.

But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.

It's an intuitive exercise to do a Shakespeare play and to go through a Shakespeare play.

I think I find it easier to live on the stage than in life.

It's difficult for me to say, but I don't think the sex scenes are particularly erotic.