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" Everyone knows 'Smash' is about musical numbers, and everyone knows we have fantastic dance sequences and great performances. "
Knows
Great
Everyone
" Everyone thinks with 'Smash,' because it looks glossy and big, they think they're spending a fortune, and they think it's taking weeks to shoot. "
Think
Looks
Fortune
" I am in the habit, like most British people, of holding the door open for people. But in the U.S., people don't understand it. You get odd looks or doors slammed in your face. "
I Am
You
People
" I miss London on nights in June or in October. "
Nights
London
Miss
" I'm quite handy with a screwdriver. I like making and fixing things. "
Like
Things
Quite
" I think fidelity is absolutely important, especially in the acting industry, which is littered with broken relationships because people are away filming for months. "
Broken
Important
People
" It's very different working on stage to film; the immediacy is there on stage. "
Different
Film
Stage
" No one was very surprised when I decided to become an actor. "
Decided
Very
Surprised
" One of the things I miss most about the U.K. is political TV, and I have one of those little gadgets, which means I can download British programmes illegally - that's why it's a guilty pleasure. "
I Can
Pleasure
Political
" Some actors - myself included - like to know where your character's going: you like to know what the arc is for the character so that you can plan where you're going to give beats for this, that, and the other and give the audience what they want. But on 'Homeland,' you do the opposite. "
Want
Know
Myself
" There are so few shows that are willing to take risks with their characters in the way that 'Homeland' does. And yet, the audience still comes back and loves those characters. "
Audience
Still
Risks
" There isn't really a theatre culture in L.A., which is odd when there are so many brilliant actors there. "
Theatre
Brilliant
Culture
" When I did musicals in London a number of years ago, I was in a workshop scenario for a year or more with 'Bombay Dreams.' "
London
Did
More
" When you turn up for work, especially with looking down the barrel of a show, you're hoping the person you're acting opposite of is going to be on your kind of crazy wavelength. "
You
Down
Crazy
" Work aside, I think would have ended up in the U.S. because I like being here a lot. I really do. "
Because
Work
Up
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