Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one…

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I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.'...

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.'...

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually...

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually...

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications...

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications...

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful...

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful...

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety...

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety...

Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he...

Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he...

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each...

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each...

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him....

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him....

My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to...

My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to...

It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was...

It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was...

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes...

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes...

Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only...

Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only...

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play...

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play...

He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the...

He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the...

You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live...

You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live...

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original...

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original...

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with...

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with...

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out...

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out...

It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it...

It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it...

What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed...

What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed...