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An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it.

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A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away.

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It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

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I think all of society should be a think-tank where you throw ideas about. I had hoped the Internet would help. Actually, what it has done is make everybody go schtum. They're attacked for saying anything. So they say nothing.

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I believe inanimate objects have a spirit.

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Film wise, I invariably look at my work and reckon I could have done it better. I'm also conscious that I'm in a profession where we get more praise than we should compared to the usefulness of what we do.

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I've always had a desire to live on the outside. That's where I'm most comfortable.

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You ask my wife or my two sons, and they'll tell you that I ain't free with the money.

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I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.

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The film business has changed hugely. You seem to spend about 30 per cent of the time producing the films and 70 per cent talking about it.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: September 19th, 1948

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