He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was…

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Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to...

Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to...

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 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.'...

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...

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is...

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is...

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back...

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back...

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...

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...

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that...

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that...

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...

One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the...

One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the...

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...

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no....

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no....

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...

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...

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...

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree...

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree...

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism....

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism....

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...