My Mum Always Told Me I Was

Pantomime Is A Big Thing In The Cultural Calendar Of My Country, You Know. So Subtlety's Not My Forte.

I Wouldn't Do My Roles If I Really Hated It. I've Done Things I Hated, But I Didn't Go Into Them Thinking I Would Hate Them. I Want To Have Fun. I Don't Want To Go To Work And Not Enjoy It. So If I'm Swirling Around On Some Wires, Talking To Fred Flintstone, I Make It The Funnest I Can. I Also Want To Be Good At It. I Don't Want To Be A Crap Cartoon Character. I Want To Be Proud I'm A Vitamin!

I Think American Actors Are Much More Intimidated By Shakespeare. I Actually Want To Do This Shakespeare Play In New York, But I Think It's Interesting That There's This Gaping Hole In The Repertoire In The American Theater, Which Is Shakespeare. It's Hardly Ever Done, Compared To How Often It's Done In Other Companies, Not Just Britain. Someone From The Roundabout Theater Company - I Said, "you Never Do Shakespeare." And He Said, "yes, We're Not Very Good At It." And I Thought, "what A Terrible Thing To Say.".

Once In A While It's Good To Challenge Yourself In A Way That's Really Daunting.

He ... Knew, In That Instant, That His Life Would Not Be An Easy One-he Was Different, He Looked Different, He Thought Differently.