I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me. So I think it's about honesty and generosity.

We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them.

My definition of success is control.

I come from the theatre, my bones are in the theatre; it’s as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre

The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.

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 don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.

If you handle truth carelessly, it will cut your fingers.

If I had a place with a studio where I could paint I'd be happy.

The world is the same but you are different

The woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts, her special calling which bears her up into perfect freedom, into the will of God.

One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do.

Lets just say I was really bad. Now I have grown into myself. I have changed.

It's fun to give pleasure to people.

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

I used to get so jealous if my wife liked another band more than my own. Come to think of it, I still do.