Don't Die With A Bottle Of Champagne

My Feelings About My Mortality Are Less Selfish Than They Used To Be. I Used To Affect A Cavalier Attitude To Death; Now I See It From My Son's Perspective.

My Career Has Suddenly Started To Be The One That I'd Always Wanted, Not In Terms Of Level Of Success, But In Terms Of - And This Is What I've Been Banging On About - Playing Different Parts In Different Media. I Was Very Frustrated, In A Physical Sense, By People Seeing Me In A Way That I Wasn't. And I Was Beginning To Find Myself Boxed Into A Corner. Hopefully Things Have Loosed Up A Bit, And I've Gotten Better And Become More Relaxed As An Actor.

When I Left Drama School, My Fear Was That I'd Get Pigeon Holed Into Comic Acting And I Did So Much To Counter It That I Got Stuck In The Opposite.

If I Was To Say "i'll Only Do Movies," Then I'd Struggle To Find A Varied Career. My Priority Is An Interesting Career, That's Why I Keep A Low Rent, I Don't Go On Big Holidays, And I Keep It Very Simple.

I'm In A Position Where I'm Being Continually Knocked Back For The Kind Of Independent Films I Want To Be In Because People Don't Know Who I Am.