I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

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We all need a firm sense of identity.

We all need a firm sense of identity.

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much...

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much...

I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.

I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.

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...

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

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...

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...

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...

I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know...

I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know...

I had bags of energy as a kid.

I had bags of energy as a kid.

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.