I had bags of energy as a kid.

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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...

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...

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...

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

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

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

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...

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

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...

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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'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.

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...

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 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 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.