I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.

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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

I have never felt bereft of anything.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I...

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I...

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm...

When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the...

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the...

Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and...

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the...

There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the...

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that...

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that...

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough...

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough...

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...