It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!

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I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working...

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working...

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful...

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful...

Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he...

Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he...

What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed...

What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed...

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree...

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree...

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...

One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the...

One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the...

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism....

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism....

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...

Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies...

Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies...

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out...

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out...

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...

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'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...

You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live...

You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live...

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...

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...

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play...

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play...

It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it...

It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it...

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...