The Performance Is Created By The Director.

I Suspect The Base That I'm Working From Is Not Particularly One Of Inquiry, But Of Memory Of What I Did Last Time.

It Is Very, Very, Very Difficult For An American Actor Who Wants A Film Career To Be Open About His Sexuality. And Even More Difficult For A Woman If She's Lesbian. It`s Very Distressing To Me That That Should Be The Case. The Film Industry Is Very Old Fashioned In California.

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.

When We'd Suggested Doing It, The Theatre Royal Management Had Said, 'nobody Wants To See Waiting For Godot.' As It Happened, Every Single Ticket Was Booked For Every Single Performance, And This Confirmation That Our Judgment Was Right Was Sweet. Audiences Came To Us From All Over The World. It Was Amazing.

I Think If I Were Asked To Do As Many As Fifty Takes, I Would Assume The Director Had No Idea What He Wanted, And Was Just Hoping, Eventually, To See It.