But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.
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I don't like waiting around for work, and sometimes as an actor you're forced into that position, so that's sort of how I got into writing, producing and directing.
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.
As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
It's such a luxury as an actor to think of your career as something you're choosing for yourself, because so much of the time as an actor you're just hoping that exciting projects come your way.
As an actor there are times when you're sitting around and wishing you were working, so you've got to just take it when it comes.
One of the benefits for me of starting late in this business is I realised that if acting was the only thing I could do, I would struggle, so I always wrote as well.
I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it's almost freelance work.
As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.
It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job.
One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.