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"I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force."
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"Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that."

"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that."

"There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them."

"It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom."

"All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor."

"Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained."

"You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor."
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"I talked to everyone about the project: actors and extras, members of the crew and passers by."

"The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that."

"I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it."

"It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I'd become an actor."

"Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don't want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray events and characters as realistically as you can."

"There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun."

"There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm to happy being myself."

"I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful."

"It's difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you're bad. To play a nice guy is harder - unless you are a very nice person like me of course."
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