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I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young.

The maddening thing is as actors of either sex, we get better as we get older, and so when you are 65, you think, 'I could play Juliet now. I understand it.'

I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year old man in my first film.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

I stopped acting Romeo and just became Romeo.

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.

I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.