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" I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you. "

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" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "

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" I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies. "

" I guess when we're young, we all have that fascination with flying. "

" I love doing just nothing in my free time. "

" I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did. "

" Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news. "

" When I first finished 'Sharpe,' it was hard to get work because people only saw me as him. "

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" The thought of being in space, and kind of enclosed, I find would be very claustrophobic. I think I would panic in that situation. "

" I'm not bad at singing - at least in the shower. "

" Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material. "

" My days of being an absentee dad are well and truly over. "

" I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it. "

" I'd like to do a cowboy film. I suppose I've come close to it on occasion, but not really to a classic cowboy film. "

" I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that. "

" Where I come from, all of us wanted to be footballers. We played all the time; that's all we did at school or wherever until it went dark and you couldn't see the ball. "

" I don't like broad swords. They're not much fun. A broad sword is just a big chunk of steel, and there's not much finesse in it, not much skill, I don't think anyway. "

" It took a while to adapt to life in London, but six months into my course at RADA, I felt very at home. "

" Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease. "

" I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head. "

" As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with. "

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" Of course I believe in love despite four divorces. There is nobody who doesn't believe in love. But marriage - that fits some people but obviously not me. "

" I think the amount of production value that was put into 'Game of Thrones' was incredible, and it's unlike anything I've seen on any other production, including 'The Lord of the Rings.' "

" I'm interested in why people talk like they do. Like Boston Irish. It's so laid back. Why is that? "

" The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now. "