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" I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am. "

" I want to be able to do anything. I know it's probably not reasonable to expect, but that's what I'd like to do. "

" My career has suddenly started to be the one that I'd always wanted, not in terms of level of success, but in terms of - and this is what I've been banging on about - playing different parts in different media. "

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" I'd like an omelet named after me. "

" The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I'm offered. If I didn't, I'd only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse. "

" My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective. "

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" I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that. "

" I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life. "

" Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting. "

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" For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back. "

" A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself. "

" Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I've done something that I'm really proud of and I think changes the way I'm perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing. "

" People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. "

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" I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life. "

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" 'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous. "

" I'm only based in L.A. because I couldn't get any work in England. "

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