I'd Love To Try My Hand At

One Of My Grandfathers, Actually, Having Gone Out There As A Minister, Decided He Would Better Serve The People As A Doctor. So At A Very Late Age - At The Age Of 38 In Fact - He Changed Course And Decided To Become A Doctor.

I Find That At Almost Every Press Junket I Get That Comment, "this Character's Different From What You Generally Play..." And That's Ok! But I Think "generally Play" Stems Back To Mr Darcy. I'm Fine With It But I Tend To Find That If It's A Departure, Which In Other People's Words It Always Is, It's Always A Departure From That.

Directors Don't Get To See Other Directors At Work - They're The Only One On The Set. I've Met Directors Who've Asked Me What Another Filmmaker Is Like. So, There's Probably Nobody Better Placed To Make All The Comparisons And To Pick Up Stuff Than An Actor.

If I Were To Write A Book About The Progress Of Getting To A Third Film, It Would Be A Long One.

My Looks Aren't Something That Come Dazzlingly Through In Everything I Do. I Can Be Made To Look One Way Or The Other Fairly Easily... I Am Still Not Recognised On The Street That Much.