The Great Thing About Films Is That

When I Was Offered The Part In Shakespeare In Love A Voice In My Head Said 'not Another Tights Role!

Youth Is A Predominant Factor. We Are Seeing A Young King Arthur, And Thereby A Young-ish - As I'm Into My 40s - Merlin. It Was About How To Tackle It, From That Point View.

It Takes Years To Establish Yourself, And Then You Have One Big Film And Everyone Calls You An Overnight Success. You Think, 'christ, I've Been Sweating And Crying For Seven Years.'.

I Love Life. I'm Fascinated By Human Behavior Because That Feeds Back Into My Work.

I Think All Experience Is, In Some Way, Shape Or Form, Filtered Down To Help You, In Your Present Moment. With Shakespeare, You're Trying To Act With A Fairly Archaic Language, Although In Certain Aspects, It's Deeply Modern.