Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices.

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices.