I Do Remember Being A Fan Of

I've Always Been Terrified About Being Bored. I Always Think Being Bored Is The Worst Thing. The Only Strategic Decision I Ever Made As An Actor Was To Try And Make Each Job As Different As Possible.

Playing Villains Is Very Liberating Because Unlike The Leading Man, Nothing Is Expected Of You. Leading Men Have To Look Good, They Have To Behave In A Certain Way, They Have To Fulfill An Audience's Expectations. But As A Bad Guy, You Have Free License To Take The Audience By Surprise. And That's What Audiences Want - They Want Unpredictability From Their Villains. The Villain's Job Is To Subvert It.

I'm Not Qualified To Do Anything Else. So There Better Be Another Job. I'm Kind Of Stuck Now. I'm Enjoying My Life And I'm Enjoying My Work, And I'm Enjoying The Fact That The Work I'm Doing Is Garnering Some Interest And That's Great. I Just Hope That It Continues.

I Think, Because Of My Background, Which Is Slightly More Exotic Than The Average British Actor, I Think, I Sort Of Occupied This Little Niche Quite Early On Of Playing The Foreign Guy. It Started Way Back At Drama School, I Played An Eastern European Heavy, I Played The Russian Mobster. And I Have Done All Those Different Ethnic Roles, And I Think It's Partly Because Of My Look, I Think I've Got An Adaptable Sort Of Nondescript Ethnicity, Which You Can't Quite Pin Down, But It's Enough To Kind Of Get A Flavor Of Something.

When I Look Back On My Career - If That's What It Is - It Looks A Bit Like A Crazy Quilt, And I Think It's Just Really Because, When One Job Has Finished, I've Never Really Been In A Position Where I Had Three Or Four Options.