As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.
John NobleI didn't drop into the mannerisms of another version of the character, but I guess I was pretty alert to that.
John NobleI suppose, when you start up in acting, you hope to be given challenges, and you always have dreams about the things you could do and couldn't do, but normally we get pigeon-holed a little bit, as we go on in our careers.
John NobleWhat I've observed is that television in the last decade has increased to something that's almost unrecognizable. They are feature films. That's a huge shift, and it's something the audience expects. They still may want to watch their half-hour sitcom, but when they watch scripted drama, they expect the standard.
John Noble