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" All actors think every job will be their last. "
Will
Every
Last
" All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five. "
Best
People
Best Friend
" As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once. "
Always
Work
Will
" I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library. "
Office
Always
Work
" I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery. "
Surprise
Myself
Journey
" I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up. "
Invisible
Think
Dress
" I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America. "
Get
America
Really
" I like to act because I can forget about everything else. "
Like
Because
Everything
" I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year. "
Back
You
Love
" I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting. "
Acting
Challenges
Love
" I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way. "
Think
Genius
General
" I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project. "
Plan
Starting
Project
" I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere. "
Find
Creative
Real
" I'm the youngest of four kids. There's something in me that will always be the youngest child, will always look up to people when they don't necessarily need it. "
Need
Me
Child
" In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity. "
Want
Time
Think
" I owe my mum a sense of family. She has kept our family together. I have two brothers and a sister, and they all live a stone's throw away from each other in Liverpool. "
Live
Stone
Together
" I think I'm quite a lazy person, actually. If I'm not careful, I could just stay in bed all day. "
Day
Think
Stay
" I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again. "
Think
Corruption
Know
" I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human. "
You
Stand
Surprise
" It's always good to find out what you don't want to do. "
Always
Good
Find
" It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning. "
Morning
Myself
Tired
" I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings. "
House
Beautiful
Family
" I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally. "
Me
Directing
Never
" Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance. "
Chance
Always
Brave
" Liverpool will always be my home. "
Home
Will
Liverpool
" My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office. "
Been
Small
Office
" My son got me into 'The Mighty Boosh.' I just love that surrealist humour. "
Love
Got
Son
" Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming. "
Planning
Pleasure
Nothing
" Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic. "
Romantic
Hanging
Amazing
" The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn't do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don't get more time. You get more toys. "
Time
American
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