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" I think one of the few faults in Dickens is that mostly his lead characters are blanks - who is David Copperfield, who is Oliver Twist? And yet he takes such joy in populating the rest of his novels with these fantastic, grotesque people like Pecksmith and so on. "

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" I'm an actor and a writer, that's how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that's what I do. "

Mark Gatiss

Myself

Divided

Sometimes

" They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner. "

" Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest. "

" The reason I wanted to do 'The First Men in the Moon' was that there is something so challenging in the combination of space travel and the Edwardian period. "

" 'Son of Frankenstein' is never talked about in the same tone as James Whale's 1931 'Frankenstein.' But it should be. It was Boris Karloff's last appearance in the Frankenstein series and stars Donnie Dunagan, then a child actor. "

" The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it. "

" Europe is so much the home of Horror, with its myths of vampires, werewolves, witchcraft and the undead, yet it's like those myths were exported to Hollywood, leaving Europe the room to develop a new tradition as a way of processing its traumas, particularly the two world wars. "

" It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles. "

" For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me. "

" I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun. "

Mark Gatiss

Restoration

Fun

" I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it. "

" I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts. "

Mark Gatiss

Think

Care

" Grooming-wise, it is now a constant battle as I progressively turn into my father. I have to keep on top of ear and nose hair - things you never believe will happen to you. Suddenly I have a shaving brush in my ear and I don't know where it's come from, and the more hair I take the out, the more it surges back. "

" One of the pleasures of the original 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' is how incredibly ghastly they are. The ugly sisters have their eyes pecked out by crows. "

" I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery. "

" I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod. "

" I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot. "

" Even though it's meant to be the season of jollity and goodwill, there's something delicious about the anticipation of a Christmassy ghost thrill. "

" I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't. "

" Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality. "

" All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after. "

" Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it. "

" Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals. "