I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
From Ioan Gruffudd
It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.
I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time.
I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.
I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.
And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
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