We all need a firm sense of identity.

I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors.

On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture.

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

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

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

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.