I'm A Jacket Man. And If I'm

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.'

Opening A Play Is Just Tough. The Idea That Actors Are Weirdly Protected From It Is A Myth. If You Imagine Yourself Having To Spend Two And A Bit Hours Cooking Bolognaise, Remembering A Whole Major Work By David Hare And Speaking It At The Correct Moment Between Chopping Carrots And Stirring The Onions In Front Of An Audience - The Normal Human Response Is 'please, Can I Go To The Airport?'

If I Ruled The World, Every Woman Would Have A Chanel Suit In Her Wardrobe.

I Really Have No Interest In Delivering The Iambic Pentameter, I Just Want To Kill Myself. I Don't Mind Other People Doing It. I Say That, But Really I Don't Want To Watch Other People Doing It. I Get Embarrassed.

One Of My Great Regrets, And I Don't Have Many, Is That I Spent Too Long Putting People's Status And Reputation Ahead Of Their More Important Qualities. I Learned Far Too Late In Life That A Long List Of Letters After Someone's Name Is No Guarantee Of Compassion, Kindness, Humour, All The Far More Relevant Stuff.