"My first part was, uh, John Proctor in The Crucible and that was cool.  And then I did some Shakespeare and played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet."

"I've been interested in him [Shakespeare] since I was about 16 and doing Romeo And Juliet in my English classes. I love him. Where did he come from? I got completely engrossed in acting Shakespeare - in the eloquence, in the low and high humour, in the agonies and the ecstasies. King Lear is my favourite."