In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
Mark StrongAll these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea.
Mark StrongAnd I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.
Mark StrongThe idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.
Mark StrongMy mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I was not the product of a family, but a product of observation - of watching what went on around me, of watching who I liked, what I didn't like, what I thought was good behaviour and what I thought was bad behaviour and tailoring myself accordingly.
Mark Strong