“I was really serious about painting, so I could never be a Sunday painter. You c…” — Roger Rees

Sometimes I think I'll go off and be a milkman or a greengrocer, some easy job.

I was an art student when I was a boy, and as an art student you don't have to talk to anyone - you just have to paint really wonderful paintings. It's very unlike being an actor, where you have to talk all the time.

After I left the R.S.C., I did a musical, 'Masquerade,' where I played a rabbit. I was the lead.

The hard thing is making sure you work with wonderful people and that you get something out of it so that you can get better as an actor.