An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I…

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Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly,...

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly,...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window.

Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window.

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a...

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a...

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly...

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that...

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that...

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to...

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to...