There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

I remember, when I was doing 'Nicholas Nickleby', James Archer came to see me at the interval and said, 'My father would like to see you after the show.' It felt rather as if I had been summoned by the Queen, and I was cocky enough to think, 'Who the hell is he to summon me?'

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.

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