More young people need to come to the theatre in general.

I used to entertain myself - I taught myself to use stilts and juggle and ride a unicycle. But I was never immediately interested in theatre.

I'm having to protect myself. How do you protect your heart and cover everything? When you don't want to look people in the eye and you're constantly dodging, I fall into it.

Everyone has experienced alienation - at some point you go through a moment where you say: "I just want to be left alone." And what is the ultimate point of being alone? - it's dying, of course.

School is so overwhelming - you can get lost in the idea that yes, you are going to be alone.

Family is so important. Friends are so important. You need that connection.

With any character, you want the audience to at least empathize.

Playing music is such a great way to bring people together.

Drown those degrading thoughts.

You wanted to show everyone you could write about the black heart of a killer. And all the while pretending you don't even have your own dark desires.

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas.

I'm comfortable moving into the role of elder person.

I find that women want to tell me about their birthing experiences. In the most excruciating detail. It's not put me off having children, but I do feel like I know too much.

I don't believe in fashion dictatorship, and I find that anybody who follows the dictates of fashion is a bit lost. I'm excited by style, not so much by fashion.

The reason some younger women were willing to go out with my flabby, ageing self was that no one of their own age would put up with them for more than 10 minutes.

I try to attach myself to things around me so that they don't slip away.

If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so.