I'm still too hungry for whatever comes next.
You always want to be part of something you're so passionate about.
Anybody who's into Arthurian legends will appreciate that they are being re-told. The Arthurian legends have been developed and re-told over the years.
I guess there's always a search for happiness.
So many different countries have got their version of what Merlin is: the Scottish say he Scottish, the Welsh say he's Welsh, the French say he's French.
You immediately hear the word 'Merlin,' you think magic, you think adventure, excitement - you also think 'an old man.'
Merlin was very definitely supposed to be an old man guiding the young Arthur to the throne.
To do stories that I love, scripts that I love, and work with people who are passionate about them and passionate about projects - whether that's on stage or television or film, that's the kind of environment I want to work in.
I think, as a kid, whenever you say you want to be an actor, you get discouraged, so perhaps if I had have listened to those people telling me that, I might have gone down the route of a teacher. But I was never really going to do that.
I'm a big fan of live music and going to gigs, but I'll leave it to the professionals.
I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett's stuff, probably from when I was, like, 14.
You can't take on the qualities of a character that you'd never be cast in - and no one would ever cast you in.
Everyone in London, Wales, and France made the 'Merlin' experience a very, very special one.
