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" I don't think many actors are that good, to be honest. I certainly don't think I am. "

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" To be a soldier one needs that special gene, that extra something, that enables a person to jump into one on one combat, something, after all, that is unimaginable to most of us, as we are simply not brave enough. "

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" I find there aren't that many options as an actor. "

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" I've done a lot of period stuff but that's mostly because, in England, we get off on a lot of period stuff, but it's not any kind of particular choice. That's where a lot of the work is. "

" Listen, in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23. "

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" I'm not really a political animal but I am rather fascinated by the meltdown of England and America. In the end, it seems as if America might come out of it, but I'm not sure if England is ever going to recover. "

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