I Find It Hard To Relax Around

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 Quoted David Hare One Of His Lines The Other Day To Illuminate Whatever Point We Were Trying To Make In The Conversation, And I Said 'what Play Was That?' And He Said 'it Was Your Line, You Said It About A Hundred And Fifty Times In The Vertical Hour.'

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 Would Like To Change Everything, But Obviously Not Everything. I've Been Incredibly Fortunate. I Guess Everybody Would Do This, But I'd Go Back To My Younger Self And Say, "lighten Up. Take It Easy. Relax. Don't Be So Anxious About Everything. Try To Be In The Day. Try To Not Have Today Stolen From You By Anxiety About Yesterday Or Tomorrow."

A Way Of Describing Performances That I Admire Is That There Is An Absence Of Careerism. It's A Clumsy Way Of Describing It But It Sort Of Does It For Me.