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Castaway
1 appearance
Actor known for playing Gordon Brown in The Deal and roles in The Walking Dead, Sherwood, and more.
On the island
Eight records
The keepsakes
In conversation
Presenter asks
1:53How do you feel about perfectionism in your work?
I'm very mistrustful of perfectionism. I mean, I think uh sometimes it means that you don't get started.
Presenter asks
6:52What do you remember about your early family life in Liverpool?
I was born in the house that like my grandmother had been married in... classic sort of back to back sort of house, really, with an outside toilet and a tin bath.
Presenter asks
13:17What was your relationship like with your dad before he got ill?
Oh, he was a cobbler, really. He worked in a heel bar... he worked hard. He was someone he had his own shop.
Presenter asks
16:30How did you feel when you first started acting?
I found my tribe. I found people who were vibrant, they were experimental, they lacked embarrassment... I suddenly went, oh, I want this.
The book
The Complete Works of Charles Dickens
I like the fact that he's funny... I also like his humanity. And I also like the fact that his stories are you just fall into them.
The luxury
A massive photograph album with blank pages and a never-ending pen
one of the things I do all the time is journal. I've been journaling since I was about 14 and I find that process of doing that is really therapeutic for me and wonderful.
Presenter asks
31:05What was it like for you when you first experienced fame?
It felt great at first and then got very strange... I was like, hello, you know, can I get home now?
Presenter asks
36:42What do you think about the insecurity in your career?
There's something about... it could all stop tomorrow, which it's those eggs in the basket thing, is that you treat it seriously.
“I did what you're not supposed to do and put all my eggs in one basket. But I looked after that basket.”
“I get really nosy really. So I'll pick up a phone, I'll talk to people that might be peripheral to the characters or in that job.”
“I was very close to my mum and I never really from then on I was frightened of that. I was frightened of what I saw really.”
“I realize that there's unfinished business with me and my dad, you know, and that that it will never be finished really.”
“I must like the insecurity. And the other thing about that is then... I have to start from the point of view where I go, I chose this.”
“I wish I had a river I could skate away on.”