I've Never Been Able To Plan My

And It's A Human Need To Be Told Stories. The More We're Governed By Idiots And Have No Control Over Our Destinies, The More We Need To Tell Stories To Each Other About Who We Are, Why We Are, Where We Come From, And What Might Be Possible.

Certainly As Actors, And Maybe As Directors, You've Got To Hang On To Something Childlike. You've Got To Know What Play Is. I Haven't Worked With Mike Leigh, But I Know Him Very Well And There's Something Open In His Eyes About What's In Front Of Him. And The Same Is True Of Alfonso In A Mexican, Mad Way. There's An Enthusiastic Response To Something. Neil Jordan, The Same, When He Gets Excited . You Just Want To Know There's A Human Being In There.

If People Want To Know Who I Am, It Is All In The Work.

I Can Only See My Limitations. That's Just Who I Am.

I Have A Photograph At Home Of Fred Astaire From The Knees Down With His Feet Crossed. It's Kind Of Inspiring Because It Reminds Me His Feet Were Bleeding At The End Of Rehearsals. Yet When You Watch Him, All You See Is Freedom. It's A Reminder Of What The Job Is About In General, Not Just Being In Musicals.