The Elasticity Of Shakespeare Is Extraordinary.

I Feel More Irish Than English. I Feel Freer Than British, More Visceral, With A Love Of Language. Shot Through With Fire In Some Way. That's Why I Resist Being Appropriated As The Current Repository Of Shakespeare On The Planet. That Would Mean I'm Part Of The English Cultural Elite, And I Am Utterly Ill-fitted To Be.

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.

I Guess I've Done A Couple Of Boys-y Movies And On The Whole You Get Bracketed Into Things You've Just Done, So It Was An Imaginative Surprise From My Disney Family To Pull Me Out Of The Hat, As It Were In Cinderella.

When I'm Acting, I'm In The Director's Hands. I'm Very Happy To Be. I Like To Be Focused On What I'm Doing.

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.