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I suppose I became in danger of overexposure, which is why, I think, doing theatre for a year is quite a sensible move - just to remember what it's all about, really.

I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.

I definitely think that theatre is something I'll keep coming back to in my career for as long as I can. I also think theatre's something you have to be very fit to do. I am fairly fit, but I don't think I could do it all the time.

I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.

It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me.

I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.

When I'm doing theatre, I feel like my life's on hold. Even though you might go out for a coffee, or go and see a film, your brain is still there, pulling you back to it.

One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original intentions.

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

As I've gotten older and I've watched people in productions, I go to the theater when I go back to London and see friends in Broadway, I think maybe there might come a time here to get back up there and prove oneself. It's just an itch; it's a nagging itch to go back there.