I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.

No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.