Across all Cinderella versions it was clear that the 21st century was not very much in evidence, particularly in the character of Cinderella so it se….

Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed..

Everything is important, but there is a weight to these big or expected things and then there is the logistics of them and it's trying to find, while….

In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand..

After Frankenstein, I feel as if I want to make a film about somebody having a nice cup of tea..

If you've been to Moscow, it's a really exciting and great city, but it still feels like you should be a little careful about which way you're going ….

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language….

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectu….

Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly….

My definition of success is control..

If you've done a brilliant version it becomes something else..

I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work t….

I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure..

The ferocity of passion that is engendered by people when they don't like what you've done is really tremendous. It's intense..

It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory..

Two billion people watched the royal wedding. Clearly, they're interested in that - the outside of what appears to be lives that have a certain amoun….

Sometimes it comes out in what I call tricksy behavior. That's not always easy to deal with, but it's fascinating. The key thing is to make sure that….

If it's good art, it's good..

Actually I think 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' could sit very very perfectly in the middle of a Disney world I think..

We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I….

I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way. That's why I r….