I'm Very Interested In People,

Certainly For My Father, There Were Great Times, Good Times, Not-so-good Times. He Might Be Shooting A Fellini Film For Six Months, Then Not Working For Two Months. I'm Used To That Dynamic.

What Happens Is Some Of The Characters I've Played Have Voices That Are So Different From My Own, That It Would Be Ridiculous If I Would Dip In And Out Of That Voice In Between Takes To Ask For A Coffee, Or Something. Or To Gossip About Whatever Was Going On.

I Often Get Sent Scripts About Little Men In Big Situations. There's A Comic Element To It, Which Is Forces Stacked Against This Little Guy, And How Is He Going To Defeat Them?

Hitchcock Is A Big Ask. I Am Playing Someone Significantly Older Than Me And Someone Significantly Bigger Than Me. The Stuff I Find Very Interesting Is Why Certain Physical Things Have Come About. How Can He Be Light On His Feet When He Is So Big? How Can His Weight Vary So Much? Where Does This Rather Beautiful Voice Come From?

Hitchcock's Got A Very Interesting Voice; It's A Very Controlled, Measured Rhythm That's Quite Slow And, In That Sense, Also Felt Quite Controlling In Its Pace. He Retained Something From His Childhood, That London Sound, As Well As Adopting Some Of The L.a. Sounds... All Of This Helps You Create The Character.