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For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted the ongoing challenge of a variety of roles.

I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing.

I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.

Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five seasons and it gets easy to fall into just walking on the set and assuming you know how to play a scene.

Although just being employed as an actor is a big thing, I'm not sure I'd be satisfied playing the same character for 30 years; it's not why I want to do this for a living.

I don't want to play the same character seven times. I think people would probably get bored of it.

I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow.

If you're doing television, you get to be a character for a long time, and the cast around you becomes like family. You get attached to playing that one character, and it's hard leaving them behind.

A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

I wouldn't want to play a character that knew everything and knew where to go. It is much more interesting playing a character that is vulnerable trying to be strong. It makes for better TV.