Everyone working on ‘Tyrant’ wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible. Adam Rayner Read Quote
British audiences tend to want to see their own lives reflected on TV, whereas American audiences are quite aspirational and enjoy high-concept shows that show them lives that are perhaps slightly more exciting than they aspire to. Adam Rayner Read Quote
I don’t devour huge amounts of television. I’m more naturally inclined to watch movies, but given my job, I need to have an understanding of what’s on TV. Adam Rayner Read Quote
People have to respond to the characters and respond to the situations that they’re in. That said, it still has to be a compelling narrative that drives along and keeps people coming back week after week. So really, with any successful show you could name, there has to be a mysterious blend of both of those. Adam Rayner Read Quote
Homeland’ is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun. Adam Rayner Read Quote
I certainly have a sliver of me, which is definitely American, and feels a great pull towards where I spent time when I was very young, which is in California. Adam Rayner Read Quote
That’s the great thing about university: you’ve got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It gives you the confidence to try and take it to the next step, which was drama school. Adam Rayner Read Quote
I was always interested in it when I was younger, but it was when I was at university, getting together with other like-minded theatrically inclined types, that I admitted to myself that I wanted to be an actor. Adam Rayner Read Quote
Who knows – I would like to think that I’d be a fantastic president, and I’d be extremely levelheaded, and I’d be very fair, and I wouldn’t persecute people, and I’d listen to the people that disagreed with me and all the rest of it, but who knows. Adam Rayner Read Quote
To be honest, unless you rocket straight to stardom as a gorgeous young vampire, you can spend a lot of time working behind a bar. Adam Rayner Read Quote
