Everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings –

And I wasn’t playing a role – I was trying to be myself.But the harder I was striving, the more I was realizing that I had probably lost that ‘myself’ somewhere between two perfectly performed roles...

Emotions don’t interfere in my acting, nor in my life.

Paranoia. The more you think of an imaginary problem, the more you feel as though it’s real –

I always am in a role, lovely – for you, for them – even for myself. Yeah... Even when I’m alone, I am still in a role – and I myself am the most exacting audience I have ever had.

I lie more convincingly than I tell the truth.

His character would be blamed, loathed, discussed, and adored – but somewhere there, behind his mask of a hero, Cardew would remain faceless.Anonymous.

I can be anything – and nothing, and everything at the same time. It all depends on the role I am in.