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My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it's memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there's really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter.

People tend to remember my performances, not me.

You just worry that your time is up. It's not that people suddenly go, 'Oh, actually they're not very good any more,' but sometimes, well, your time is up. There are a lot of actors out there who just disappear.

Just performing is where I'm happiest, and gets me rid of my troubles and worries.

I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.

I think it hurt my performance because I stopped being me. That won't ever happen again.

Any rehearsal process - I find, anyway - does have quite an effect on me, and I very much live in that world for the whole period of time that I'm involved with the production. But normally, afterwards with a little bit of space, I can come right back out of it again.

I always go in with the feeling that I'm gonna have a good time in what I'm doing. I entertain myself when I perform. If I do that, then I can see the other performers enjoying my character.

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know?