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I've always been a history buff. It was one of the few subjects at school that really, really caught me. I think you'll find a lot of actors will be interested in history because it sparks your imagination so much. When you enter a period of history, your imagination just goes wild in creating the world, which is really what acting is.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.

I'm a history nerd. Actually acting's the best job for somebody who loves weird, different stuff.

I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.

Oh gosh, I'm completely allergic to historical dramas. Particularly those around the civil-rights movement. It's not my favorite thing to watch. So often they feel like medicine. Or not even a history lesson, because I really like history. Just... obligatory.

I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up.

Being a little bit of a movie buff, the fact that I'm working in the middle of movie history is incredible.

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.