We will always want films ... that basically are centred on young people, because young people is the way we live on, we older people, insofar as we live on.

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.

The arts stop society going rotten and mad.

One of the joys of cinema is that, given the right circumstances, and the genius director, an incredibly wonderfully actor can become the embodiment of his character.

You can't do what you've been asked to do unless you do the best you can. And roughly speaking, the best you can do is to be very available as a character and actor to the people you're acting with. That's equally important, whether the camera's on the other person or on you.

A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived

Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.