I think I do have a way of predicting - not always accurately - what is a nerve-wracking day for actors, what may be a difficult scene or a difficult moment, how small - and it may be down to one line - a thing maybe that is upsetting or undermining a performance.

He had one scene, one scene, and I think he had one line. And he was a director, and I was the actor auditioning. It was a spoof on what happens in Hollywood.

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

I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.

I think we love the escapism of something like 'Cinderella,' and I think we do with 'Thor.'

I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's always been something that was a profound element of the experience of Shakespeare that I have been drawn to - and interpreters have, as well.