I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.

It was a better time to be a young actor when I started out. There was a repertory system where you could go and practise.

Leonardo DiCaprio is a very serious young actor.

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.