We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it.
As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.
Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.
Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.
And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.
I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.
My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.
The principal cause of war is war itself.
One of the things I like about performing on the stage is that it is a kind of meditative experience. Time does stand still. You have no concept or feeling of the passing of two or three hours' time. It's all kind of one present moment, which is a kind of a description of meditation.