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

I have never played a game in my life.

I dont play villainy. I wouldnt even know how to play it.

I often make the analogy with tennis. Every match the rules are the same, but no game is ever the same. Theatre is like that. Every time is different.

To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further in the play to serve the writer and to understand yourself in that context is how you continue to grow and learn.

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

The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.