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You've been in some of the most acclaimed TV over the last few years. Is it luck or are you very selective about the projects you take on?
I'm very selective – once I got to a point where I could be selective I was very selective. I look at the writing – that's got to be really good. I don't know – many factors come into it. Whether it's something I've done before, whether it pushes me, whether it interests me... all sorts of things. It's mainly the writing. If its a great story and great writing then I'm interested.
As a fan, what kind of things have you enjoyed on TV in recent years?
To be honest I don't really watch that much TV – I know that's insane but it's true. With little children, my little boy monopolises the telly.
I'm very selective – once I got to a point where I could be selective I was very selective. I look at the writing – that's got to be really good. I don't know – many factors come into it. Whether it's something I've done before, whether it pushes me, whether it interests me... all sorts of things. It's mainly the writing. If its a great story and great writing then I'm interested.
As a fan, what kind of things have you enjoyed on TV in recent years?
To be honest I don't really watch that much TV – I know that's insane but it's true. With little children, my little boy monopolises the telly.
So it's a constant diet of Balamory?
We've gone past that – although we've just had another one so I think we'll get that all again, but he's on Star Wars and Superman and stuff like that which is great. I've literally seen all the Star Wars films about 300 times! Curb Your Enthusiasm I liked that. I watched all them. That's the one thing I've watched all of. I liked Bleak House – I thought that was brilliant and The Street by Jimmy McGovern. I watch stuff by Jimmy McGovern, Paul Abbott, Abi Morgan and Tony Marchant. They're writers that I respect and work with. One of the greatest things I've seen in recent times was No Direction Home, the Bob Dylan thing – that was great.
We've gone past that – although we've just had another one so I think we'll get that all again, but he's on Star Wars and Superman and stuff like that which is great. I've literally seen all the Star Wars films about 300 times! Curb Your Enthusiasm I liked that. I watched all them. That's the one thing I've watched all of. I liked Bleak House – I thought that was brilliant and The Street by Jimmy McGovern. I watch stuff by Jimmy McGovern, Paul Abbott, Abi Morgan and Tony Marchant. They're writers that I respect and work with. One of the greatest things I've seen in recent times was No Direction Home, the Bob Dylan thing – that was great.
