I shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing it. I enjoyed playing the character very much. It was a very, very special character and a very special series. And the camaraderie of it…

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He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always...

He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always...

I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our...

I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our...

I had to think long and hard about what it would imply, what it would...

I had to think long and hard about what it would imply, what it would...

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that...

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that...

Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to...

Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to...

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each...

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each...

Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only...

Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only...

My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to...

My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to...

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.'...

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.'...

He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the...

He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the...

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with...

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with...

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety...

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety...

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him....

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him....

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back...

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back...

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications...

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications...

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually...

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually...

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is...

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is...

I'd gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order...

I'd gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order...

They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my...

They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my...

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original...

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original...