In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background.

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

Casting directors tend to be the unsung heroes in this business.

Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.

I had a role in 'Crossroads' when I was about 21, and then I went on to perform in 'Small Change' and then 'Piaf' in the Donmar Warehouse, London, and it was when I was there that some casting directors spotted me.

Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal.