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I've always done guest-starring stuff.

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.

If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now.

I've done quite a lot of dying on shows and in movies. To have a good death scene though - come on, it's brilliant. I love a good death scene!

When you're guest-starring, it's very nice, but you're there very briefly, and it's right there in the name: You're a guest. It's very hard to get a real sense of belonging. With recurring and regular roles, at least you have a sense that this is a home and a steady place.

If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is.

The one thing for an actor that is complete death is if you're bored, because that boredom will show in your work.

Guest roles are how you get initiated into the industry. It's fun. Over the course of a few years you realise you've done many shows. You get a chance to prove yourself, and that's how you get jobs because of people who have worked with you in the past and trust you.

When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun.