I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.

I love going to plays. There's a subconscious side to it, obviously-some people like to be spanked for XYZ psychological reasons, and I like to go to plays, and I can't entirely explain why.

I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.

You're always fighting the contradiction between the supposed intimacy of a two-person conversation and the blunt reality that you're trying to sell the play to people who are sitting maybe too far away from you.

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.

Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house.

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.