For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.
When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there'd be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so.
The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.
A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.
To be a working actor in England is a life. I think it's harder in this country. Either you are a superstar or a starving actor.
I'm probably the highest paid outdoor entertainer since Cleopatra.
Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.
There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.
It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now.
Actors are journeymen. We show up for work. We do the job and then we go. What goes on behind the scenes is what goes on behind the scenes.
