My only hesitation after Law & Order was that I didn't want to be in a super dry procedural like that. I found that satisfying, but very tough because every episode was kind of the same. It just is with that show.

I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen.

I've honestly been so lucky. I've never had a job where I didn't look forward to being on set in the morning.

Im not the kind of actor that can go completely cold into an emotional scene. I have to transport myself emotionally by whatever means possible, and that basically means you carry the situation with you all week, all episode or all day beforehand.

I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that I am certainly British by formation and education and readily think of London as home. I had never lived in the U.S. till 2007.

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice.