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" Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome. "
Try
Involved
Like
" I am a private person; I think that's important if you're an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person. "
Important
I Am
Privacy
" I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor. "
Value
You
Understand
" I don't like it when people ask actors to work for free - on the fringe - as if it's some kind of virtue. That annoys me - actors should be paid well. "
Me
Kind
People
" I do sometimes play characters that are a bit ambiguous. You've got to be brave about that sort of stuff. I like the sense of people not feeling too secure, not immediately knowing what they have in front of them. "
Like
You
Play
" I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. "
Acting
Sort
Find
" If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid. "
Want
Forget
Story
" I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has. "
Well
Surprised
Had
" I have to write in sequence and only in sequence. "
Write
Only
Sequence
" I like clothes. "
Like
Clothes
" I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk. "
Guy
You
Risk
" I think in my job, it's quite difficult to find work on television... you don't necessarily want to get a profile for something that you don't fully believe in. "
Believe
Work
Think
" It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama. "
World
Spy
Secrets
" It sounds maybe a little old fashioned, but the parts I want to play and I do play, you don't want to inject too much of your own personality. What you sacrifice then is a slight mystery. "
Mystery
Personality
Sacrifice
" It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre. "
Comedy
Work
Think
" I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges. "
Guys
Extreme
Challenges
" I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare. "
Important
Want
Too Much
" Life's too short. "
Life
Short
Too
" Never, ever wear three-quarter length trousers. Even in the summer. "
Even
Length
Never
" One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important. "
Important
Clothes
Acting
" People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers. "
Because
Will
Take
" Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that. "
People
Just
Simple
" The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor. "
Trying
Yourself
Actor
" The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres. "
Admire
Kind
Different
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