As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.

As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.

I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.

He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.

I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it.

The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London.

I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas.