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Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.

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My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

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Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

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I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.

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There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

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You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.

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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

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The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

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If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

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Parts win prizes, not actors.

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I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones.

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I love working in New York theater.

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I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.

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You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'

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Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

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I like it when stories are left open.

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The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

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Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.

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I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.

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If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

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