As always, there's a couple of things in the pipeline - but that pipeline is a strange and ambiguous place.
Because I don't really think of myself as a hunk, to be honest.
Besides, most of the books I like involve people I could never play in a million years.
But I suppose the similarities are that it was a re-working of an old genre, or in this case an old myth or an old legend. It's an attempt to tell the story of how that myth was born in the real world and obviously you're taking people's expectations and playing around with them.
But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles.
But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.
I always think that the atmosphere on set is defined by the person at the top and it kind of filters down through everybody.
I don't think I'm the same kind of actor as Colin Firth, but it's very flattering.
I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards.
I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I think any time that you imagine that it's plain sailing for hereon in, then you're kidding yourself.
I think for anybody reading the book they're going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it's quite hard to shake.
I think I can lead a pretty anonymous life, yeah.
I think you've got to get really lucky to do something that's deliberately silly without just becoming ridiculous.
I'm fairly gregarious, and if I've been away for a while and I get home, I go out with my friends to this great thing in England called the pub.
I've not as yet found one hobby that would absorb me completely when I'm not working, but I have just bought a new apartment and didn't quite bargain for the amount of effort and time and money that that absorbs.
In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite.
In reality, for me every role is completely different.
Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.
It wouldn't make you a very, in my mind, attractive or interesting person if you made game plans for your sudden fame.
No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout.
So to answer your question, I'm not entirely sure how I ended up where I am today, in the sense that nobody in my family is an actor. It just happened by mistake.
Something where I can wear trousers that aren't a constant threat to my manhood.
Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That's really what intrigued me as well because I thought it would be fun to do it.
The little song and dance number at the end - that's me, my voice, howling out. It was a new experience for me. I've never sung before and I've certainly never sung on screen. I think I sung on stage when I was 13 and for some reason nobody's asked me to try it again since.
There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want.
Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable.
When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there.
You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person.
Hugh is able to act with the following accents: South States of America, Scottish, South Welsh and South African.
Hugh was nominated in the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in July 2006 in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Robert Devereux in
Hugh is very fond of guiness.
Hugh's eyes are blue/grey in color.
Hugh has appeared in two theatre productions. "To the Green Fields Beyond" as Mo; and "Billy and the Crab Lady" as Fred.
Hugh attended Oxford University where he graduated with a degree in English Literature and Language.
Hugh has two younger siblings, Jack and Kate.
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