It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.

I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky.

I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind.

Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.

I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a huge amount of energy.

Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.