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  I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it’s a struggle sustaining that, because there’s such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

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  Macbeth was the first play I ever read.

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  You’ll see Dame Judi Dench in a Bond film, in Shakespeare and then starring in her own sitcom. You never see that here with Meryl Streep.

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  I don’t feel I’m a compulsive person. I multitask. I’m really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

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  It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

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  So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.

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  I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.

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  If they’re not seeing that their society sees gay people as equals, how could you tell them what they’re doing is wrong?

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  You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone’s tired, things get on top of them.

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  Once in a while it’s good to challenge yourself in a way that’s really daunting.

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  Nowadays people don’t know how to handle it if all the ends aren’t tied up and they’re not told what to think in films. And if they’re challenged, they think it’s something wrong with the film.

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  Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

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  Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He’s hardcore to play because he’s displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.

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  So if I’m swirling around on some wires, talking to Fred Flintstone, I make it the funnest I can. I also want to be good at it. I don’t want to be a crap cartoon character. I want to be proud I’m a vitamin!

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  Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.

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  I don’t avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.

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