Most Actors Hate Watching Their

Making 'birdsong,' On The One Hand You Have How Prestigious It Is And The Reputation Of The Book, Which Is Something That's An Extraordinary Piece Of Work. Sebastian Faulkes Is A Genius. So You Feel That Responsibility When You're Portraying That Character That He's Imagined And Millions Of Readers Have Pictured.

On So Many Levels, Acting In Film And Tv Is So Much The Sum Of Its Parts, And Somewhere In There, There's An Alchemical Thing That Makes Something Happen Or Not - That Makes Something Connect Or Not. Now, Of Course You Want To Make Work That People See, But The Enjoyment I Get Out Of Acting Is Playing Characters.

I Go To The Theater Two Or Three Times A Week When I'm In London. Whereas I Feel Guilty Going To The Cinema In The Middle Of The Afternoon.

Learning Lines Is Hard For Me Because I Have The Attention Span Of A Six Year Old. That's Why Being On Planes All The Time Is So Useful - I'm Forced To Learn Out Of Boredom.

I'm Trying To Buy A House And Set Some Sense Of Roots Because Otherwise You're Constantly Chasing One Job After Another, And You Look Back And You've Had All These Very Extraordinary Experiences With Extraordinary People, But There's Not A Line Of Continuity To It.