"I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force."

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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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"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."

Life

"It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work."

Home

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

Graduation

"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."

History

"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."

Play

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

People

"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."

People

"When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth."

Drama

"I talked to everyone about the project: actors and extras, members of the crew and passers by."

Actor

"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."

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