It's Not Easy To Take

I Consider Myself More Of A Visual Comedian Than A Physical One.

I Don't Really Have Plans Like That [move Towards More Dramatic Acting].

Marketing Is What Gets You Noticed, And That Side Of It Something - This Side Of It, If You Like, Doing Interviews - Is The Side Of It That I Least Enjoy, And Yet Is 50% Of The Project.

The Maigret Stories Are All Very Different In Terms Of The Content And The Way That The Stories Are Told. They're Not What I Would Call Formulaic.

Itv And The Production Company Contacted Me And Asked If I Fancied Playing The Role [of Maigret]. It Took Me A Long Time To Decide To Do It. In Fact, I Decided Not To. I Thought About It For Some Weeks, And Thought 'perhaps Not' And It Went Away For A While, And Then It Sort Of Came Back. They Said 'are You Sure You Don't Want To Play Him?', So I Thought About It For A Lot Longer Again, And Eventually Decided That I Would.