I've Done A Bit Of

I Have Memories Of Clouds Whisking By While Sitting In The Pushchair On The Roof Of My Parents' Flat. I Loved It! I Just Loved Staring At The Clouds And Dreaming Away.

Landing The Role Of Stephen Hawking Was The Most Positively Surprising Thing That Has Happened To Me.

I Love Theatre, And You Learn Too Much As An Actor And Enjoy Too Much Of It Not To Want To Go Back A Lot.

I Am Also Full Of Admiration For Chelsea Manning [formerly Pfc Bradley Manning]. Regardless Of Which Side Of The Argument You're On, He Stood Up For Something He Felt Wasn't Right. That Was An Extraordinarily Brave Thing To Do, And I Think He Was Unfairly Punished For It. It's A Really Big Deal What He Did, And He Did It For The Betterment Of All Us, Including The Soldiers On The Ground, As Well As The Civilians Caught Up In Those Conflicts.

The Generation Now Below Me Were Born Into A World Where If You're A Kid With Raw Talent Now, You Can Roll In And Land A Lead In A Scorsese Film. You Don't Have To Have Prove Yourself By Working Up The Ranks, Doing The Classics, And Getting The Canon Under Your Belt In The Way The Great Sirs And Dames Of Mom And Dad's Generation - The [ben] Kingsleys And [helen] Mirrens And [anthony] Hopkinses And People Of That Ilk.