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 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 got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that...

I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that...

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

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

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 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 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 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...

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the...

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the...

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.