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"It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years."
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"I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot."
"I started out doing theater and a soap in New York and that's... sort of what I got stuck in. I was blessed enough to have long runs, and it's sort of hard sometimes then to get out."
"I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket."
"Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it."
"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."
"I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York."
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"I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good."
"People say to me that I can't be nervous because I've had such a wealth of experience, but I tell them that I have never done this particular part before."
"I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema."
"I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?"
"When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training."
"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."
"The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening."
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