Portrait of the artist: Phil Daniels, actor

Make EastEnders "was not exactly suffering for my art, but my soul is not on TV. They all live, right?"

What do you start?

A lady called Anna Scher. She used to go to school in London during the holidays, make theater workshops. The sister of my friend Paul was, so I show one day when I was about 13. There were some pretty girls there, so it carries.

What was your breakthrough?

Make a game called class enemies in the royal court when he was 16. It was a class of children lost their teachers, so that each of them gives a lesson on what they know.

Do you suffer for your art?

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EastEnders was not exactly suffering, but my soul is no quick fix television. The theater does not pay that work pay, however. We all have to live, right?

You played a lot of "guy" roles. Is it difficult to avoid being typecast?

Why do not you ask John Gielgud that? It is always called for Londoners. It may be that my script, and thinking ". It is another one of those roles "But I'm playing God at the moment, so I can not complain.

stage or screen?

My heart is on stage. Making Quadrophenia was very exciting because we were walking on a motorcycle without a helmet. However, "hurry up and wait" is the anthem of the films. Everyone wants you to be ready and then sit and do nothing.

• What is the greatest threat to the theater?

A lack of something to say. Each is based on tried and trusted formula. When I started, there was a game for the mentality of today, things are changing, and we were doing things about recovery and reform. The greatest threat is that we will all end up doing Shakespeare, because it leads to tourists

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