A lot of good actors tend to be quite introverted as people..

Every play I do, every book I write, every painting I paint, I will struggle with. I don't know what it's like for a project to come easy..

I love playing outsiders, I always do..

Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another..

What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise..

Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear any….

I'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African..

Reading Shakespeare is sometimes like looking through a window into a dark room. You don't see in. You see nothing but a reflection of yourself unabl….

The whole of my acting career is a bit of a mystery to me..