The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.
I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as 'The Royal Variety Show,' performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier.
I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education.
With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular time.
At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood.
Ever since I was little it was programmed into me that London is where great theatre occurs and all the big shows you love start there.
When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.
The first rule of good theatre is 'Show, don't tell.' It applies to good political action as well.
What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that - whoever you are.
I'm just attracted to good material and great characters and that can come in any form, whether it's television or film or a theatre piece.
Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered.
My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.
The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
Theatre is done largely for the love of the craft. Television makes you famous. And films immortalize you. That's the relationship between the three.
I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film.
But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak.
I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.
As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage. And want to have sex with them.
I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week.
