Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I ….

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they….

It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant..

Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the indepe….

Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends..

Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read..

We'll be back. I promise you that..

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter..

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art..

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'.

When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk..

Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and ….

It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by were we in their circumstances; to d….

I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers..

I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when ….

I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a….

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings..

[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of n….

At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood..

When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for the variety..

What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues..