I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.

In 'Henry V,' the story of the assumption of true and responsible leadership by Henry I think is hard-won. He has to lose friends; he has to risk his life.

I think we love the escapism of something like 'Cinderella,' and I think we do with 'Thor.'

I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether it was folk tales or popular novels.

The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness.