Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies. Votes: 16
Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch. Votes: 16
I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre. Votes: 11
Careers are what they are, they don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them. Votes: 6
Brighton gives me the heebie-jeebies. When I'm near the seafront I can't sleep, I can't eat. Votes: 5
As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out. Votes: 3
I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting. Votes: 3
I'm not a sci-fi lover; I wasn't from the start. So perhaps I miss that passion for other worlds, other dimensions, that sort of scope and that magnitude of storytelling; that's not my thing though I meet plenty of people whose thing it definitely is. Votes: 1
I resent almost all of the time I spend in front of the television, but I find 'The Only Way Is Essex' absolutely riveting. Votes: 0
I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge. Votes: 0
I don't have a television. No. So, I don't watch anything. Votes: 0
I love humans; always seeing patterns in things that aren't there. Votes: 0
If you're in the so-called public eye you have to watch your P's and Q's. Votes: 0
The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal. Votes: 0
What I did, I did without choice... Votes: 0