I Certainly Have Been Guilty Of Trying

My Definition Of Success Is Control.

Don’t Stand Up When You Can Sit Down And Don’t Sit Down When You Can Lie Down.

I Started Being Interested In Acting When I Heard The Voices Of Sir Laurence Olivier And Sir John Gielgud And Sir Alec Guinness. Ive Had The Great Privilege Of Working With Sir Derek Jacobi And Sir Anthony Hopkins. These Are People Who Inspire The Work That I Do.

There Is Some Mysterious Thing That Goes On Whereby, In The Process Of Playing Shakespeare Continuously, Actors Are Surprised By The Way The Language Actually Acts On Them.

Variety Is Very, Very Good. Going From Medium To Medium, If You Get The Chance To Do It, From Theater To Television To Film, Which Are All Distinctly Different, Keeps Me Sharp.