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I'm always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then I'm completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know... It's just really remarkable.

It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.

Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.

I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.

London is a very energising place to be.

There does seem to be in the U.S. now an ideology and an entrenchment that has stopped people doing what they are hired to do, which is govern rather than run for office the whole time.

I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.

I think people love it when anybody acts bad; it's not particular to me.

'The 24 Hour Plays' is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

I am now a commander of the British Empire.

The more shows that are produced, the more writers are hired, producers are hired, actors are hired, directors are hired, it means the more people will get employed. It's better for the economy. It's a fantastic thing.

One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.

Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.

I'm used to people thinking I'm nuts. And you know what? I kind of love it.

You just play what a writer writes, in terms of what a character chooses to do and how a character chooses to deal with their various relationships.

It's extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

If there is one thing I object to, it's actors talking about how tough their jobs are.

I have long been a supporter of The Prince's Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch 'Amex Be Inspired' and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.

No one should ever feel sorry for me. I've been treated very well for the most part.

I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.