I'm Probably The Only Person

One Of The Great Regrets Of My Life Is That I Smoked. If I Could Say Anything To Anybody Starting Out In Life It Would Be, 'whatever You Do, Don't Smoke'. I Have Had To Recover From That And Been Lucky That I Have Been Able To Stop.

I Used To Joke That One Of The Reasons There Was A Lack Of Classical Work On My Cv Was Because I Couldn't Operate In Those Kinds Of Trousers. Which Is A Joke, But It's Actually Also True - If I Want To Appear In Public I Want To Look My Best. If I'm Onstage I Like To Do Contemporary Work, Largely Because Of The Trousers, Because Of The Clothes. I Like A Decent, What We Used To Call A Lounge Suit. Then I Can Start To Motor.

Somebody Asked Me Recently, 'have You Done A Lot Of Plays?' I Thought Hang On. I Used To Do Nothing But Plays. I've Been Very Fortunate That On Several Occasions I've Had Jobs Where I Didn't Want To Be Anywhere Else In The World Whatever You Had To Offer - However Much Money You've Got.

I'm Not Famous For My Back Story Investigations; I'm Lucky That I Work With Good Writers And It's Usually In The Script.

I'm Just Aware Of What I'm Thinking And Feeling But I Do Obviously Have To Get That To The Back Of The Auditorium. So There Are Things Like Projection And Filling The Room, And Not Dropping The Ends Of Lines - Technical Things Which Are Important, But I Don't Think They Change The Way I Feel In A Scene.