A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?
My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of Let's try this.
It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.
Mum wasn't at all religious but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial communal experience that a person could have.
I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land which is a different experience.
I love the instantaneous nature of filming rather than the repetition of working in the theatre but that maybe because I haven't had great experiences working in the theatre.
Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.
I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11 at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having.
When you are in a good theatre show it is a wonderful and very fulfilling experience entertaining a large audience and their showing their appreciation for your efforts.