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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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...

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 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 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 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 my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because...

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because...

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.

Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears...

Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears...

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...

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...

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

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

Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have...

Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have...

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.

On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt...

On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt...

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 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...

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

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...

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is...

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is...

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...