I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.

It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late at night.

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.

Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far. I've been very lucky.

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.