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" I don't like selling myself. It's a sort of shy arrogance. "

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" The forest has always been a place, in fairy tales and in Shakespeare, where you go and discover who you are. You get stripped of everything you thought you were, some type of ordeal takes place, and you come out stronger. "

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" The reason it's called 'The Heart of Robin Hood' is that he starts off not having a heart - or certainly not being in contact with it. And through a series of stories, he learns to discover that he has one. He becomes much more dramatic as a character, to be honest, because there's something rather too smug about the endless do-gooder. "

" Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life. "

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" I can only be instinctive in my reaction to Shakespeare. "

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