I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

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Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and...

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and...

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that...

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that...

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we...

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we...

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a...

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a...

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal...

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal...

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that...

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that...

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature...

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature...

I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad...

I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad...

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

I used my instincts. It's very easy to imagine how you'd feel, actually. I just...

I used my instincts. It's very easy to imagine how you'd feel, actually. I just...

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get...

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get...

We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the...

We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the...

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the...

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the...

We all need a firm sense of identity.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship...

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship...

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's...

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's...

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want...

I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want...

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that...

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that...