I Love Playing Villains.

If Anything, As A General Rule, The Cheaper The Movie The More Creative The Experience, Generally Speaking. Its Not To Denigrate Expensive Movies. I Dont Want To Seem Biting The Hands That Feed Me, But With Big Movies, Especially With A Lot Of Effects, The Role Of The Actor Is Somewhat Diminished.

Screen Work Always Boils Down To That Moment Between The Camera And The Actor Or The Actors. It Always Boils Down To That, Ultimately. You Serve The Camera.

When I Get Home After Being Away For Work, My Wife Always Stuffs The Fridge With Loads Of What She Calls 'nibbles' - All The Great Things You Can Eat Straight From The Fridge, Like Chunks Of Cheese, Slices Of Ham, Bowls Of Hummus.

I Like Doing Everything - Theater And Film, Radio And Tv, Comedy And Tragedy. I Love It All. And I've Never Really Planned Anything - I've Always Looked At My Job In A Rather Simplistic Way. It's Like Being A Plumber. One Day You Might Be Fixing An Early 20th Century Showerhead That Requires Real Detailed Work. The Other Day You Might Just Be Clearing A Sewer. Both Jobs Are Very Different, But All The Tools Come Out Of The Same Box. That's The Way I Look At Acting.

I Think, Because Of My Background, Which Is Slightly More Exotic Than The Average British Actor, I Think, I Sort Of Occupied This Little Niche Quite Early On Of Playing The Foreign Guy. It Started Way Back At Drama School, I Played An Eastern European Heavy, I Played The Russian Mobster. And I Have Done All Those Different Ethnic Roles, And I Think It's Partly Because Of My Look, I Think I've Got An Adaptable Sort Of Nondescript Ethnicity, Which You Can't Quite Pin Down, But It's Enough To Kind Of Get A Flavor Of Something.