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Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there.

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I'm still living the life where you get home and open the fridge and there's half a pot of yogurt and a half a can of flat Coca-Cola.

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Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

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Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

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When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

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A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.

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I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

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There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

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I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.

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I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?

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Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.

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In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

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I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

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If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

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Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

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What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

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If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

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I love perfumes. Every morning when my girlfriend and I come down to the courtyard in our block of flats we're assailed by the most delicious scent - jasmine round a doorway. It almost makes me swoon.

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Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

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