I'm Fully Aware That If I Were

Some People Come Up To Be Directors By Coming Through The Camera Department And There's Not A Lot Of Women In The Camera Department. The Ones That Are Have To Kind Of Prove They're One Of The Boys, I Think. I Don't Want To Get Into Trouble With Generalisations But I Think It's A Fair Observation.

I Find That At Almost Every Press Junket I Get That Comment, "this Character's Different From What You Generally Play..." And That's Ok! But I Think "generally Play" Stems Back To Mr Darcy. I'm Fine With It But I Tend To Find That If It's A Departure, Which In Other People's Words It Always Is, It's Always A Departure From That.

Because I Am An Englishman I Spent Most Of My Life In A State Of Embarrassment.

Less Racist Now But It Has Been. I Don't Think It's Been Completely Stamped Out. There's A Class Element To It. And Who's Supposed To Do What. You're Very Unlikely To Get A Gay Grip.

If You're Playing Someone Who's Got Marital Problems, You Have To Play Someone Who's Trying Not To Have Marital Problems. So, You've Got To Get Into The Problem First.