“After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.”

“I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.”

“Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.”

“If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains! ”

“I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.”

“There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they've forgotten that, and they leave going, 'Wow - what an ama...”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

“A word mother, means a world to me.”

“Maa" The only word that holds power to give you strength when you are in pain.”

“STAINSWith red clay between my toes,and the sun setting over my head,the ghost of my mother blows in,riding on a honeysuckle breeze, oh lord,riding on a honeysuckle breeze.Her teeth, the keys of a ...”

“I still eat a burger at a counter with ketchup dripping down my face.”

“To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and wher...”