I've Done Classical Theaters. I Played Hamlet

It Was Pretty Daunting. Normally, I Never Go To A Gym, But Before We Started Shooting, I Thought I'd Better. I Reckoned I Was In Really Good Shape, And Then I Looked Around And I Was Half The Size Of Everyone Else. A Lot Of These American Actors Have This - In My View - Misplaced View That They Have To Look Like Action Man. The Trouble Is, They All Run The Risk Of Being Interchangeable.

A Cricket Ball Broke My Nose When I Was A Kid So I Couldn't Breath Through It. Before I Had It Operated On I Used To Stand On Stage With My Mouth Slightly Open.

Seeing A Man Praying To Allah Is Enough For Some People To Assume He Is A Terrorist.

You Know, This Idea Of Going Around The World Imposing Democracy By Growing A Middle-class, A Trading Merchant Class That Is Independent Of Your Faith, Is A Good Notion, But We're All Partially Different - It's No Good Imposing Systems On People That It Doesn't Suit.

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.