I'm Lucky That I Get To Play

One Of The Great Regrets Of My Life Is That I Smoked. If I Could Say Anything To Anybody Starting Out In Life It Would Be, 'whatever You Do, Don't Smoke'. I Have Had To Recover From That And Been Lucky That I Have Been Able To Stop.

There Is Something, Yeah, I Mean Traditionally It's More Fun To Play Bad Guys Than It Is Good Guys And When You're Playing A Bad Guy, Yeah, The Fun In It Is To See How Scary You Can Be, How Horrible You Can Be. And It's Surprising What You Come Up With.

I Love Playing Half Squid/half Crab Guy Because You Can Get Away With A Level Of Acting That If You Tried It Anywhere Else They'd Arrest You For Crimes Against Acting.

I Used To Joke That One Of The Reasons There Was A Lack Of Classical Work On My Cv Was Because I Couldn't Operate In Those Kinds Of Trousers. Which Is A Joke, But It's Actually Also True - If I Want To Appear In Public I Want To Look My Best. If I'm Onstage I Like To Do Contemporary Work, Largely Because Of The Trousers, Because Of The Clothes. I Like A Decent, What We Used To Call A Lounge Suit. Then I Can Start To Motor.

Hunger Is Almost Like Something The West Does. It's Almost Like The Direct Result Of The Way The West Performs.