Rufus Sewell

A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself.

For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back.

The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I'm offered. If I didn't, I'd only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse.

I'm only based in L.A. because I couldn't get any work in England.

I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions.

Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I'll say a similar thing; it's very tiresome.