Arthur Conan Doyle

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman.

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

I see a lot of actors for whom life becomes one big schedule. I guess I try to be more sensitive to my private life - to take a breath of fresh air and be in the countryside or on a golf course.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.