One moment, Nelson Mandela is in jail, and the next moment, he is walking, a free man. One moment, we are shackled as the oppressed of apartheid; the next, we are voting for the very first time. I was 63 when I voted for the first time in my life in the country of my birth. Nelson Mandela was 76 years of age. But it happened, it happened. It happened partly because the international community supported us. People prayed for us. People demonstrated on our behalf, especially young people. Students at universities and college campuses used to sit out in the baking sunshine to force their institutions to divest and the miracle happened. We became free because we were helped and we want to say a big “thank you” to the world. And, you can become free nonviolently.

Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.

I was very proud of doing Falstaff, because it seemed to go well.

Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.

I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.

A Day In The Life by the Beatles.