I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.
It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.
What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'
What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues.
[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of nature and reason, he . . . introduces confusion and disorder into society . . . [thus] where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.
The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.