You Know What? Joy Is

I've Got A Vendetta To Destroy The Net, To Make Everyone Go To The Library. I Love The Organic Thing Of Pen And Paper, Ink On Canvas. I Love Going Down To The Library, The Feel And Smell Of Books.

When I Was Offered The Part In Shakespeare In Love A Voice In My Head Said 'not Another Tights Role!

A Large Part Of How An Actor Works And Their Process Is The Stimulation Of What's Around You, And None More So Than In A Period Piece. This Is A Modern Piece, As Much As It Is Set In A Different Time, Age And Myth. If It Wasn't Relevant, It Wouldn't Have Been Made And We Wouldn't Be Putting Our Energy Into It. It's Relevant For Us Today Because, In Some Ways, It Throws Up A Mirror To All Of Us. As An Actor, You Get Stimulus And You're Effected By That, Whether It's Costumes Or Funny Beards Or Castles.

He [merlin] Is Slightly From Another World And Place, So It [challenge In Bringing The Role To Life] Is About Having Fun And Presenting It In A New Way. He's More Of A Politician, And Slightly Machiavellian, But There's Also A Lovely Relationship Going On Between Merlin And Arthur. There's So Much To Be Had, Really.

I've Always Believed That You Shouldn't Want To Mend A Broken Heart, Because That's Someone You Don't Want To Forget. Scars Can Be Good.