I think the audience was aware that even when it was farcical, there was the sense that at some level this was about real experience.

You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.

In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the person that you've lost again.

I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying.

I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking for them.

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.