When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Everyone deserves compassion.

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

And so, in terms of setting the right tone and finding a way of presenting all of these things, that creates a cohesive whole and doesn't alienate the audience, is tough. That's a challenge. And I think the tone of a lot of shows is discovered through experimentation and actually making it. Eventually, it starts to cohere.

'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

My own daughter is a big fan of the 'Twilight' stories, the books.