I'm not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.
The actors nowadays, both young men and young ladies, don't always wear their period clothes as well as they might. They tend to stomp around a bit in them.
I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever had so I prefer that just in terms of fun factor.
It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.
I'm something of a history buff. It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.
To be honest, when I was growing up - I think it's because of Kate Winslet and 'Titanic' - I always wanted to do period.
I'm not an actor.
Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor.
Period dramas seem to take actors to the next level because they do so well in America.
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.