Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome.

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

I think in my job, it's quite difficult to find work on television... you don't necessarily want to get a profile for something that you don't fully believe in.

'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.