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The Big Stars I Felt A Kinship With Were Never The Romantic Leads. It Wasn't Steve Mcqueen Or Robert Redford - It Was People Like Walter Matthau And Anthony Quinn. My Big Hero Was Tommy Cooper.

I've Always Loved Teaching Acting. I Think It Helps Me To Kind Of Get Back To Basics. It's Like A Refresher Course For Me As Well, So In A Sense, I'm Hopefully Learning As Much As My Students Are - Or At Least Discovering Or Re-discovering As Much As They Are. I Find That When I Teach, I'm Reminded Of My Own Sort Of Failings. I'm Reminded Of Where I Sometimes Keep Going Wrong.

I Think I Went Through Early Years Of My Career Sort Of Thinking, "well, Maybe I'm Just Not British Enough." And I Always Remember My Father Saying To Me, "don't Think You're English, Because However English You Feel, Some Englishman Is Going To Remind You That You're Not." Now, For Him It Must Have Been A Much More Acute Experience, Because He Immigrated To England. I Was Born There, So I Kind Of Felt I Had The Right To Assume That I Was British, But It's True. The English Are A Very Warm And Welcoming People, But There's A Streak In There That Reminds You, Occasionally.

I Never Made Conscious Choices. There Were Times In My Life That I Chose The First Job That Came Along Because I Was Broke. I Think That There Were Maybe A Handful Of Times That I Had A Choice. In Recent Years, Ive Had More Of A Choice, And Its Been Very Nice To Have That Choice, But Most Of The Time, You Just Hope That Theres Another Job After This One.

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.