I Always Had A Fantasy Of Being

Sometimes You Do Feel A Script That Glows In Your Hand The Moment You Start Reading It. By Page Four Of Shakespeare In Love, I Said, 'i Have To Be In This Movie.

This Is What Happens When You Are On The Wrong Side Of 40. Young Adults, Who Could Be Your Children, Are Now Working With You. I Was Playing Their Parents Or Mentor. I Started To Think: Oh, I Am Not Part Of That Group Any More.

Like Any Classic You Hope To Get Rid Of All The Varnish That's Built Up Over The Centuries Where People Expect It To Be In A Certain Way. It's A Mighty Play. It's About A Very Old King Who Also Happens To Be A Very Old Father, So You've Got The State And The Domestic Levels In There Together. It's A Story In Extremis. Everyone Knows The End, There's Only Two People Left Alive.

I Didn't Know The Green Lantern Comics At All. I Was A Superman Reader.

I Wouldn't Mind Meeting Some Of The People I've Attempted To Portray From The Olden, Olden Days. They Probably Would All Have Really Terrible Skin And Horrible Bad Breath, And I'd Have To Give Them An Altoid.