Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.

Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.

When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.

Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.

A filmmaker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to shoot a death scene.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money.

I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.