All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.

'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like?

Audiences are audiences.

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.