Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to.

In film, movies schedules are based on three things: actors availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place youre going to film in.

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

The process of doing a play is an organic one and the process of doing a film is totally un-organic.

Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.

Talent is one thing, it is how you nurture and develop it, and never walk away from it. You can be rich, successful, you win awards, but it can always be better.

I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.