I want to do better. I want to produce better stories. I want to do better plays.
From Kevin Spacey
Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.
It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.
I think it is just a function of the fact that I moved around so much as a child that I learnt early on to make every place my home.
I have long been a supporter of The Prince's Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch 'Amex Be Inspired' and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.
I don't watch rugby.
It's extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.
What hasn't surprised me is that audiences, as we found starting with box sets, want control, to decide how they watch it. Appointment viewing is slowly being put slightly behind.
You just play what a writer writes, in terms of what a character chooses to do and how a character chooses to deal with their various relationships.
Whether it's 'Veep' or 'Homeland' or 'The West Wing' - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.
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