Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Oh, come off it, I've only directed three plays for the RSC.
I spent four months once doing a play on Broadway.
I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
I was in a lot of school plays, and it became the thing I did.
When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.
I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.
Looking back, I spent a lot of time sitting in pubs when I should have been perfecting my playwriting.
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.
Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history.
When I did play, I tried to make the most of it.
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