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They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really true.

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.

There's a way in which filmmaking is a director's medium and television is a writer's medium, so even as TV gets more cinematic, it's still guided by the writer.

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.