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 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….

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 ….

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..

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….

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….

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….

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….

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, ….

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

Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed..

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

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

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….

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..

Aging is the diminishing of early fearlessness..

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

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….

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

My definition of success is control..

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….