I Always Had A Fantasy

My Kids Started School, So Having A Strong Base In Melbourne Has Been A Key Priority. I'm Not Daunted By The Travel. People Say, 'it's So Far To Australia,' And I Say, 'you Get On The Plane, You Eat Well, You Sleep, You Wake Up - And You're There.'

There's Often Rarely Any Dialogue In A Sex Scene. With Your Fellow Actor, It's Good To Talk About What The Unspoken Dialogue Is, That's Happening In The Scene. You've Got To Play Something Rather Than Feel Self-conscious Or Exposed.

This Is What Happens When You Are On The Wrong Side Of 40. Young Adults, Who Could Be Your Children, Are Now Working With You. I Was Playing Their Parents Or Mentor. I Started To Think: Oh, I Am Not Part Of That Group Any More.

But As My Voice Coach Keeps Saying, If We Actually Spoke The Way They Imagine The Elizabethan Voice Might Have Been, We Wouldn't Be Able To Understand It.

Like Any Classic You Hope To Get Rid Of All The Varnish That's Built Up Over The Centuries Where People Expect It To Be In A Certain Way. It's A Mighty Play. It's About A Very Old King Who Also Happens To Be A Very Old Father, So You've Got The State And The Domestic Levels In There Together. It's A Story In Extremis. Everyone Knows The End, There's Only Two People Left Alive.