I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

Television is what we're all very attracted to because that's where the best writing and the best characters are.

It's really an organic sort of process. You start off with the character on the page. You fall in love with that character and you have to represent that character well and I think it's just an evolution there. Using the accent and speaking the lines with the accent in fact opens the door to who the character really is.

I'm not getting younger, so there's a commitment to the cause that one has to make

There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.

I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time.