I don't think a professional agent or theatre manager would say my career had gone as well as perhaps it should have after that first 'Oliver!' success, but then again I was never really intending to have a career in the professional theatre in the first place.

My proudest moment was the number 'Reviewing the Situation.' I suspect that, because I gave my all to the role and because I was working with such a fine team of people, it inhibited my future career.

I always write 'Fight' on the mirrors - that goes way back to the times when you had to fight apathy.

I'd been collecting eccentric moves since I was a kid and didn't even know that the dance step I improvised in 'Be Back Soon' was called a 'pas de basque.'

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard.

While academic abilities remain integral, it is the work ethics that form the soul of the business.

I'm very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it's also fun to play in other people's playgrounds!