Dramatically It's Always More Interesting To Conceal

I've Always Had A 'work Hard, Play Hard' Attitude To Life - I Still Do - But Sometimes You Get Involved In Something That Needs A Calm, Methodical Approach.

You Just Have To Take Control Of Your Own Performance.

It's Certainly True That I Was Brought Up In That British Amateur Tradition, The One Which Always Held That If You Were Reasonably Good At Cricket, Knew One Or Two Latin Texts And A Few Zingy Oscar Wilde Quotes For Dinner Parties, You Were Pretty Much Ready To Go And Run Some Outpost In Hindustan.

In England We Burnt Redheads At The Stake, Because We Thought They Were Witches. There Are Still Young Redheads In Britain Getting Ripped For Having Red Hair. 'oy, Ginger!'

You Never Know When You're Taking A Job, Ever... But You Try To Take Good Scripts. That's All You Can Do As An Actor - Take The Best Thing Available. Even Then, It's Not [really] In Your Control. Certainly Not In Film And Tv, Because There Are So Many Other Elements. You Just Have To Take Control Of Your Own Performance.