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From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.

I always ended up having the funny part in Shakespeare, but I really thought I'd be doing theater. That was my ambition for myself.

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.

I was into acting as a kid. There was a time when I was 18 that I played the boy in a production of 'Equus' in Oregon, and I thought that was going to be my life.

I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually.

Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it.

The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.