The Vikings themselves are fascinating creatures. They're human beings, of course, but their ethos are so different from ours. The fact that they live as warriors - their willingness to die for the sake of what they believe in - is quite shocking to us, and it's fascinating to see.

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Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.

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I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

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As an actor, when you're actually trying to embody what it would be like to just know that everyone's at your beck and call, it's quite a thing to absorb what that might be like and what that would do.

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You can't play everything you learn, anyway. You just try to bring it all on-board and use what's useful. In the end, it's your job to own the role and, in the end, you are playing certain aspects of your own self, even.

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Every time you get a script and you have a scene, you start mining out how many layers there are within it.

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When you've got good writing, you can kind of give up all the research, in a way, and start just following the emotional integrity of the journey of your character.

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In modern times, if you're on an airplane and it's going down, that's it. You've got a couple of minutes, if that, to work out where you stand in relationship to the whole of your life.

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A spiritual life is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. How do you live? What's true? How do you respond? It's not about living by beliefs; it's about wanting to know.

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I've been to India a lot, ever since when my mum was in 'Jewel In The Crown.'

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I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

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Most of the TV shows I've done have all been in the U.S.

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I love working in films.

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There's so much cynicism around in Britain, especially in the press. The American press might be naive, but at least you feel as if they're on your side.

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When I went to drama school, I thought that everybody would think I was only there because my dad was on TV.

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You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

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I'd be willing to do anything. I'm not precious. I'd wash dishes.

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Both my parents are actors, in very different ways.

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New York, without a doubt, is my favorite city in the world.

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If you count my childhood appearances in a few TV shows and being the son of two well-known actor parents in the U.K., plus three years of drama school, you could say that I've been pretty much surrounded by the business of acting and performing my entire life.

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I briefly flirted with some of the new age offerings available in the early '90s and found strength in Buddhism, but ultimately I was looking for something that was not tied to tradition.

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