now, i played richard iii onstage, i toured and played richard iii. so, i thought, ok, i won't play richard, but i'll probably play a good part. and the offer came through from the bbc and it was a thief with two lines. stephen snorts and i'm working every day with, i you know, on a big hollywood show. and i thought, why do they have this very fixed idea of me? and i didn't go back and work for a little while. and david... sorry to interrupt. that's all right. but you're saying it really, foryou, in britain, comes back to class. yeah. and i think class is something that's very immersed in all our psyches, even people who want to transcend it, it's still something that we still see. we still see the country in those parameters, in those definitions. you've actually opened up for me a whole area that i think is very interesting for an actor these days. and it's a debate about what they call authenticity, the degree to which actors should and can embrace parts that are far from their own personal experience. right. and it literally has led to huge argume