If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.

I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.

I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.

It's just one piece of the puzzle.