We've all got darkness inside us. And I've got quite a lot of darkness..

I've been quoting the book [on Peter Sutcliffe] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it should even ….

When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well..

I was never built to play the hero. Physically or emotionally... And they're not as rewarding to play. At least for me..

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are..

It's good for actors to confront those things we have to act: panic, pain and death..

Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much alive, and can still tel….

I believe deeply in therapy. There's no one in the world who wouldn't benefit from it..

I was a weak kid, not good at what all the boys at school were good at and I found that by acting, by being other people, I could liberate myself fro….

I'm a complete technophobe. I can't even email..

As we're leaving the King's Arms Hotel after Sunday lunch, I watch a beautiful white dove walking down the wet road. A car approaches and the bird ac….

If I could write a letter to my teenage self I'd probably say something like: "You ain't gonna believe what will become of you.".

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whethe….

The effort of learning. It's the same when you approach any new skill or technique, from a dance step to driving a car. The effort of learning stops ….

I have a Woody Allen Jewish attitude to life: that it's all going to be disastrous. That it hasn't all been that way is simply down to some random qu….

I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more..

Now the dressing-room full of RSC hierarchy. Suddenly Trevor Nunn pushes his way through and 'Trevs' me. I've heard a lot about this 'Trevving', but ….

I don't believe in an afterlife..

My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa. My first novel, Middlepost, is a fictional account of that journey..

I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren't able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre. It's really tough on youn….

I'm a huge fan of David Hockney. I love the way he keeps reinventing himself..