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28 November 2011 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

'One review I had for Bond said I looked like a floor-walker who had had three facelifts. You've got to laugh'

What got you started?

A toga. I'd lost regular employment as a cartoon animator, so some friends who were doing crowd work on films told me to come and join them on a film called Caesar and Cleopatra. I was dressed up in a toga, given a spear and gold sandals, and stood with 2,000 others. Later, the director approached me, and asked whether I would consider training to be an actor.

Who or what have you sacrificed for your art? 

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet. For Bond, I had to lose at least a stone or two. It was quite painful.

Since playing James Bond, has it been difficult to avoid being typecast?

When I was doing Bond, I was always being sent scripts to play the derring-do hero, »

- Laura Barnett

28 November 2011 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

'One review I had for Bond said I looked like a floor-walker who had had three facelifts. You've got to laugh'

What got you started?

A toga. I'd lost regular employment as a cartoon animator, so some friends who were doing crowd work on films told me to come and join them on a film called Caesar and Cleopatra. I was dressed up in a toga, given a spear and gold sandals, and stood with 2,000 others. Later, the director approached me, and asked whether I would consider training to be an actor.

Who or what have you sacrificed for your art? 

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet. For Bond, I had to lose at least a stone or two. It was quite painful.

Since playing James Bond, has it been difficult to avoid being typecast?

When I was doing Bond, I was always being sent scripts to play the derring-do hero, »

- Laura Barnett

2 items from 2011