When You Have A Family, Or Even

I Used To Joke That One Of The Reasons There Was A Lack Of Classical Work On My Cv Was Because I Couldn't Operate In Those Kinds Of Trousers. Which Is A Joke, But It's Actually Also True - If I Want To Appear In Public I Want To Look My Best. If I'm Onstage I Like To Do Contemporary Work, Largely Because Of The Trousers, Because Of The Clothes. I Like A Decent, What We Used To Call A Lounge Suit. Then I Can Start To Motor.

I Did Pick Up A Guitar Once, But The Strings Hurt My Fingers So I Put It Down Again.

With Stage, You Feel Completely Like You're Just In A Bubble. I Love Not Being Able To See Anything. I Love Coming Out And I Can't See Anything Because The Lights Are So Bright And It's Pitch Black. That's Ideal For Me, That's When I Have The Best Time.

I Don't Think There's An Improvised Word In The Movie. I Hope Not Because I Admire Writing. Improvising Is Kind Of Gambling. It's Just That You're Standing Up.

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.'