Richard Eyre

A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.

Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.

Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good.

The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.