David Morrissey

And therefore I went looking for acting.

I went looking for a way out.

And when I walked into the door of the Everyman...

I found it.

I found these people who were having fun, but experimenting.

And it was about emotion.

It was unashamedly about feelings.

And I've spoken to a couple of actors of my generation about that episode, and they all remember it.

They all remember it.

And he was someone who pretended to go mad so that the Germans would have to let him go.

And he succeeds in that.

And then just at the end, the British commander comes in and reads this letter from his wife saying, we're sorry he's in an institution now, but thanks for looking after him.

And he'd driven himself mad by trying to go mad to escape.

And that broke my heart.

I mean, it was just wild.

So...

Those men who were important in my life, there was another guy called Albert Byron, and he taught me about film and books and music as well, different types of music.

And he would take me to like the corner house to see Tarkovsky's Mirror and all those stuff.

And it was a real education and I owe him so much.

And I remember going around to his house once and he played me this and it was like a revelation.