Tim Pigott-Smith : (5)

" When I have a good performance, I’m wrecked at the end of it. I feel completely empty, and tears are pouring down my face – I’m just gone. " - Tim Pigott-Smith

" Occasionally, there are programmes – like ‘The Office’ or ‘Gavin and Stacey,’ perhaps – where you get the feeling everybody’s seen it. " - Tim Pigott-Smith

" 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. " - Tim Pigott-Smith

" 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. " - Tim Pigott-Smith

" I was really uncomfortable with fame. I mean, it’s lovely and flattering, and you enjoy all the razzmatazz and being flown around, but when people suddenly call you a star, you think, ‘I’m not a star, I’m just playing a star role.’ " - Tim Pigott-Smith