If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.

A couple of clues came my way of what I might be getting myself into when I sat down with a number of actors who had played Richard III in the past. And I was hoping of course, that one of them or all of them were gonna give me the magic key, the secret way in to play Richard III but none of them did that.But every one of them did say the following, "Be careful."

Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.

My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.

The audience has spoken. They want stories. They’re dying for them. They’re rooting for us to give the right thing. And they will talk about it, binge on it, carry it with them on the bus and to the hairdresser, force it on their friends, tweet, blog, Facebook, make fan pages, silly GIFs, and god knows what else about it..

Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

It's the kind of democratization of the Internet that has led to the breaking down of barriers into the creative arts.