People are fed up with broadcasters pushing the boundaries too far.
You wouldn't read 'Anna Karenina' and try to work on the computer at the same time, would you?
Hollywood's best producers and directors are in film, not TV.
After 'Jewel In the Crown,' I hardly worked at all for about six months - which came as a bit of a surprise, I have to admit.
I adore Biarritz. I first went there in the Eighties, and my wife and I liked it so much that we ended up buying a holiday home there.
I especially like the Padstow area and the south coast near Portloe. It's lovely, though I do wish it was a bit closer to London.
Drama at Bristol was an academic course you were judged on your A-levels, and there were no auditions. I did a BA General degree.
I can't understand why TV tries to appeal to youth.
You can't keep a hero down, can you?
America is very generous, but it's also a bit wacky, you know.
My wife is a fantastic traveller. She's good fun and very optimistic. Even if things get bad, she's good at seeing the light side.
When I get thinking, I get very knotted up. I chew things over a lot and take things quite seriously.
Slower television actually credits the audience with a higher level of intelligence.
By early 1971, I had been acting professionally for 18 months - theatre work and my first telly, an episode of 'Dr. Who.'
When you've won the war, you're faced with the problem of winning the peace.
I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality.
My memory is quite good, except when I'm off stage.
If you can't educate your citizens and you can't keep them healthy, you can't begin to be a society.
'Jewel in the Crown' is the biggest exposure I've ever had on television.
In television, I was first cast as a cavalry officer because of my name.
Occasionally, there are programmes - like 'The Office' or 'Gavin and Stacey,' perhaps - where you get the feeling everybody's seen it.
There is something about the way I photograph. People often say, 'Are you cross with me?' My eyes can look sort of... Like a wall.
American writers reduce the length of time devoted to exposition and character development.
