It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.

When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk.

It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn't stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom.

When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for the variety.