What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed there, and weathered over the five years. It got five summers and five winters of weather. It became more and more authentic as we worked…

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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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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 shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing...

I shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing...

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...

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...

It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was...

It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was...

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....

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...

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...

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.'...

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no....

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no....

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...