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Rehearsals make a huge difference.

The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.

Rehearsals are one of my favourite things in the world.

When you're in a rehearsal room, it's like getting into a car and going on a long journey with everyone's stuff in the back. If you keep stopping the car and going, 'Are you sure we want to go?' and think, 'This is really daunting,' you will get frightened, so you just have to keep ploughing through it.

Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up. It's about finding the right direction, and most of the time, the right direction is not what you think is the right direction. That's why the director's there: to guide you there.

We just started filming, and after every scene was shot, we had a rehearsal for the next one.

Sight gags had to be planned; they required timing and mechanics. Occasionally, spontaneity would arise in the shooting of the scenes.

It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.