It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.

At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood.

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

We'll be back. I promise you that.

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.

Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends.

My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope.

I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.

I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers.

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.

I doubt that work ennobles man and I am absolutely certain that it does not ennoble woman.

With consistent determination, commitment, persistent, handwork, and faith in God we can make our dreams come true.

We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have to confront it, and we have to liberate Istanbul and ourselves, as well.

Don't sit back and be a bystander of your own life

A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government.

You can look at the state of California, which is on a pathway to destruction because they expanded government too much, thinking that there would always be someone to pay for it.

If you’re not happy looking a knob in the face, there’s something wrong.

None of this was written to hurt anybody's feelings.

People don't buy plastic and paper, they buy emotions.