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I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don’t take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

I have only one rule in acting – trust the director and give him heart and soul.

I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

I have been in the series for over 3 years – 3 series. There will be a fourth series next year which of course I won’t be in because I’m now dead. So in total I appeared in 25 episodes.

I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.

I never act my characters – I am them.

The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors.

I tricked myself into doing this movie.