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And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.

I think I'm fortunate as an actor in that I do seem to get opportunities to play roles that aren't necessarily typical of what I've done before.

I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going, 'Hey!' - because they're scared of you.'

Sometimes you need to put your own characteristics into the actor, and you take different things from the character that you admire - sometimes you can't see the boundaries anymore.

You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.