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….

It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older than me. So I think it's about hones….

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

The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness..

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality..

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

Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed..

It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to..

My definition of success is control..

Aging is the diminishing of early fearlessness..

It's no accident that Cinderella has been in the culture for thousands of years, and in cross cultures. I've traveled a bit recently, and in Russia, ….

I think the truth is the Marvel fiefdom exists very independently inside the Disney world, inside the Disney universe. They're not resistant to that ….

I looked at the 1950 animated film [Cinderella], I read a couple of editions of the fairy tale that I have in my house and all of it seemed to say th….

I guess I've done a couple of boys-y movies and on the whole you get bracketed into things you've just done, so it was an imaginative surprise from m….

I don't feel one could even remotely touch the idea of intimidating others, but because I've understood the other side of the experience, I will occa….

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….

I noted about Cate Blanchett was her very positive lack of concern for how she turns out in Cinderella. She is happy to be a villainess and very plea….

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is le….

When I'm acting, I'm in the director's hands. I'm very happy to be. I like to be focused on what I'm doing..

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

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….