I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.
Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.
The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.
I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.
It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.
I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.
Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.
