There's No Sex In Middle Earth.

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'm Not Experienced Enough, Or Certain Enough Of My Acting On The Screen To Say To A Director, "you Are Wrong, I Am Right. I Will Only Do It This Way." I Could Never Feel That, I Wish I Could Be Absolutely Certain. But On The Stage, It's Different. I Know Where I Am On The Stage.

Baz [luhrmann] Paid Me One Of The Greatest Compliments Ever. I Don't Know Him, Really, But When I First Met Him I Was Congratulating Him On Romeo + Juliet - Which I Think Is A Wonderful Adaptation - And He Said, "oh, Well We Couldn't Have Done It Without Your Richard Iii, Which Was An Inspiration!" I've Never Quite Checked Up On The Dates To See Whether Or If, In Fact, We Did Our Film Before He Did His.

Quite Low Down In The List Is "how Much Am I Going To Be Paid?"... My Main Feeling About Money Is That I Don`t Want To Feel As Though I`m Being Taken Advantage Of... 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... I`m An Eccentric Actor, And There`s A Lot Of Us Around.

If You're Sounding Right, You're Probably Walking Right, And Vice Versa. If You Get The Footwork Right - If You Get Even One Line Right In A Rehearsal, The Director Will Say, Do You Know When You Said That, It Was Exactly The Character. You Were - Really Landed On It.