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.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

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

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.

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

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