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I'm an actor, and I think some of us who are drawn to this work know what it is to desperately want to be loved and validated: to be good at something and not be able to do it; to come in second on countless projects; or told that you were the first choice, but the part went to that guy who had that TV show in the '90s.

In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds.

James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.

I think for a lot of us, you know, what 'Hamilton' gave us the opportunity to, what it gave me the opportunity to do, was to go, 'Here's what I've learned in 35 years.'

I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.

With Shakespeare, the hard work is to find out why he said it and how it can relate to the audience.

I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between the actor and the audience.

I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.