I've always written songs. I'd come home from school and play piano for hours on end, just banging around. Douglas Hodge bangendhave Change image and share on social
I'm always being introduced as 'Tony Award-winning Douglas Hodge.' It's extraordinary. Douglas Hodge awarddouglasextraordinary Change image and share on social
I can't stand interpretation. I think it's one of the great scourges of the theater. I just think, 'Don't get in the way of the play.' Douglas Hodge greatinterpretationplay Change image and share on social
I love filming in London. In New York, every street is familiar because you have seen it in a movie. They mythologise their own city. You're forever trying to get down streets that have been blocked off because of shooting. In London, they don't put up with it; they're grumpy. Douglas Hodge blockcityfamiliar share on social
When I did 'Cyrano' for Roundabout, I was originally supposed to direct and play the title role, but I quickly realized that was madness, and we called in Jamie Lloyd, who directed me in Osborne's 'Inadmissible Evidence.' Douglas Hodge callcyranodirect share on social
As soon as I walk down that sticky six-mile patterned carpet that welcomes you at Heathrow, I buy the Sunday papers and read the fashion supplements cover to cover. Even though hardly a single word in them seems directed at any male who ever lived, I find them compulsive reading. Douglas Hodge buycarpetcompulsive share on social
In England, I've had a more balanced career directing and acting. It can be quite difficult to juggle the two careers. Douglas Hodge actbalancecareer Change image and share on social
It doesn't matter how big the set is or how florid the music is: if it doesn't touch people's hearts, then I don't want to be in it. Douglas Hodge bigfloridheart Change image and share on social
In our culture, good looks are so important, and today he'd head straight for a plastic surgeon, but in Cyrano's time, the nose was who he was, and it didn't matter that he was a brilliant poet, a brilliant swordsman, a brilliant man. His nose defined him. Douglas Hodge brilliantculturecyrano share on social