People are fascinated by evil because its mysterious and it doesnt seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you say that Hannibal Lector was abducted as a child and he had to eat his sister or something like that, it becomes immediately mundane. The character becomes mundane.

I really wanted to get out of England.

I like challenges. If you're involved, as one is, in filmmaking, you want to challenge yourself. You don't want to repeat what you're done before.

People are fascinated by evil because its mysterious and it doesnt seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you say that Hannibal Lector was abducted as a child and he had to eat his sister or something like that, it becomes immediately mundane. The character becomes mundane.

I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.

Matt Weiner is an amazing writer. He's one of the best, greatest writers that's ever written for television, or just written.

I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.