It's A Real Skill To

I Can't Throw Books Away. My Wife Is Always Telling Me To Get Rid Of Some.

I Wouldn't Want To Leave It So Long Before Doing A Play Again, I Get Very Stolid And Sluggish If I Do Too Much Telly.

The Security Comes, As An Actor, In Knowing That You're Not In Control. If You Try To Control Your Career, Or How People Perceive You, You'll Make Yourself Unhappy, Because Life Doesn't Work Like That. So Much Is Luck. It's Much Better To Let Yourself Off, To Think, 'there's Nothing I Can Do.'

You'd Never Play Hamlet If You Started Worrying About Who's Played It Before You.

I'd Auditioned For The National Youth Theatre And I Didn't Get A Place And It Was Terrifying.