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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.

Without Wanting To Claim That I'm Really Like James Bond I Would Certainly Prefer To Be Thought Of As Closer To James Bond Than Mr. Bean Most Definitely.

I Have Always Worried About Things More Than I Should.

Loved The Show As A Child And Felt I Could Not Do It Justice. [on Turning Down The Role Of The New Doctor Who

If You're A Serious Actor, It's When You Know You're Going To Die Tomorrow That You Really Start To Feel It.