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" Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects. "
Special
Any
Element
" I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country. "
Country
Me
Political
" I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it. "
Watch
Camera
You
" I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out. "
Quite
Out
Lot
" I got a tiny part in a play, auditioned for another one and got that as well. Not only that, the first finished on the Saturday and the other started on the Monday which is like an actor's dream! "
Play
Monday
Saturday
" I had bags of energy as a kid. "
Had
Kid
Bags
" I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility. "
Responsibility
Help
Extra
" I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid. "
Kid
School
Way
" I know exactly where I've come from, I know exactly who my mum and dad are. "
Come
Mum
Know
" I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously. "
Dead
Love
Democratic
" I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage. "
Odd
Thought
Villain
" I only ever worked on interiors, and an interior is an interior. I don't know what they did about exteriors. "
Know
About
Did
" It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents. "
Trace
Your
Difficult
" I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium. "
Theatre
Think
Director
" I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul. "
Soul
Character
Theatre
" I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal. "
Belonging
Universal
Think
" I used my instincts. It's very easy to imagine how you'd feel, actually. I just had to tell the narrative. "
Easy
Narrative
Feel
" I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step. "
Always
Never
Been
" I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it. "
Protect
Good
Want
" I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it. "
You
Time
School
" I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really. "
Days
Three
Lead
" Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral. "
Particularly
Plays
Visceral
" Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney. "
Pretending
People
Lots
" Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can. "
Support
You
Help
" My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking! "
Women
Always
Late
" Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming. "
Down
Child
Disability
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