I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.
I was stuck in boarding school when I was seven years old and I knew that the only way to get out was to go pass your exams, so I studied.
If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.
There are many cases where the direction of the play comes from within the cast of actors, especially in terms of the choices in performance.
Very few movies I've done I regret being involved in.
You get ideas from other people all the time.
When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'