Pastoral Resources

The first perk of theatre is the girls.

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.

On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing.

I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?

I sometimes think that theatre is a torture.

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theatre, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising.

What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light, is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie.

I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights.

What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens.

I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having.

I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre.

I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it.

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.

In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors.

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.