I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.
When you seek revenge, be sure to dig two graves.
I loved playing [the Doctor], and taking part in the basic essence and message of the series which is, it's a short life, seize it, and live it as fully as you can. Care for others. Be respectful of all other life forms, regardless of colour or creed. To be part of that was fantastic.
What we have is the here and now, and what we have is each other, and let's find a way to deal truthfully with each other.
No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you've been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer.
We all need a firm sense of identity.
I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.
I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul.
I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are.
I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that as well. Not only that, the first finished on the Saturday and the other started on the Monday which is like an actor's dream!
My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!
The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.
The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.
Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.
I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it.
I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously.
Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.
I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it.
I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.
I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors.
We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.
Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.
On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture.
I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.
I had bags of energy as a kid.
