The Audience's Expectations Are Ever-present.

I've Always Longed For The Theatre And Acting To Be Popular. No Actor Wants To Play To An Empty House. We Only Do It For An Audience. The More The Merrier. I Don't Make Any Distinction Between A Popular Tv Series Or Blockbuster Film And Doing Shakespeare. They're Different, But As Long As The Material Is Good And The Intention Is Honourable, It's All The Same To Me.

I'm Cheaper Than Anthony Hopkins. The Other Actors They Asked To Play Gandalf Wouldn't Go To New Zealand On That Money For That Length Of Time. I Thought It Would Be A Bit Of An Adventure. Tony Hopkins Didn't Think It Would Be An Adventure. Tony Is Part Of Hollywood. I'm An Eccentric English Actor, And There's A Lot Of Us Around.

The Demographic Of Our Audience Is Young. It Also Contains A High Proportion Of Black, Jewish And Gay People, Who Have All Been Encouraged By Society To Think Of Themselves As Oddities Or Mutants. I Hope That's Why X-men Chimes With Them - It's Certainly Why I Was Attracted To The Idea In The First Place.

Personally, Coming Out Was One Of The Most Important Things I've Ever Done, Lifting From My Shoulders The Millstone Of Lies That I Hadn't Even Realized I Was Carrying.

Splendid Architecture, The Love Of Your Life, An Old Friend... They Can All Go Drifting By Unseen If Youre Not Careful.