I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person..

There is never only ONE of anything in nature..

I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun..

I've made great friends through acting. When I'm with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, we have grand fun. We can make each other howl with laughter b….

Life can't be cured, but it can be managed..

Don’t be against things so much as for things..

I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me….

There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about..

Sales fixes everything..

If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else..

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure..

Discern the vital few from the trivial Many..

I always feel emotionally engaged in productions. If I ever get to the point where I don't feel emotionally engaged, maybe I should stop. You have to….

We are the future, and we hope to be rather than taking us back to a lot of the old ideas..

Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird..

Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know..

I like the community of acting better than the prison of writing. I like sets..

The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies..

I love to work. I'll work all the time, unless somebody stops me. I love it, love it, love it!.

As a director, your job can range from having to lean on someone to get a performance out of them, to someone being so built for the part that all yo….

I couldn't be more thankful to get my start on a soap opera. It was the hardest job I ever had. Got to practice in front of the camera, like, every d….