Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol, lived in Buckinghamshire and Surrey as a kid, and then moved when I was 16.
Hugo WeavingA lot of people have a fear of Shakespeare. Even actors do. People are like, "Oh, I won't go and see Shakespeare because the language is so hard," but it is. When you read it on the page, you go, "What?! What does that mean?!" If you go to a Shakespeare play and you've never been, you sit there and go, "I'm an idiot! I don't get it!"
Hugo WeavingI used to have two double espressos a day. I gave that up, had headaches for five days but now I'm feeling great.
Hugo WeavingI think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually things get quite formulaic.
Hugo WeavingIt's kind of chased away a few demons for me and, um, it's educated me a little bit more.
Hugo WeavingThe biggest challenge for me, as an actor, is to be informed, prepared and focused, at the same time. I had to just keep on working, prepping, reading and imagining, all the way through, but the biggest challenge is always to let go of all that and just be open to others. That's what we do, as actor. We play with each other and we stimulate each other, and we have to be prepared to be stimulated by the other. That's always my big challenge.
Hugo Weaving