I think there's a dark and twisted idea of democracy that everybody is as interesting as everybody else. So we mustn't make anybody too interesting. There's an ironing out of edges and eccentricities, idiosyncrasies in people and situations. — Tom Burke Copy Share Image
I think 'The Musketeers' is probably the Dumas novel people are most familiar with, or if not that, it's 'The Count Of Monte Cristo'.… — Tom Burke Copy Share
Doing a TV show where it's a very relentless schedule, it does democratise you in a brilliant way. It does chip away at the… — Tom Burke Copy Share
My dad was part of that generation with Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay, of working-class actors breaking through. They'd never had an actor in… — Tom Burke Copy Share
Philip of Spain is a ruler who has forgotten that a ruler is there to serve the people. — Tom Burke Copy Share
I remember spending time in Stratford growing up with all that company running round and putting on silly hats and just having fun all… — Tom Burke Copy Share
Sometimes people hide behind a kind of naturalistic milieu. But life is full of the most sharp, abrupt changes of tone, from the tragic… — Tom Burke Copy Share
There are absolutely amazing people running regional theatres, and amazing regional companies. — Tom Burke Copy Share
Yet everybody's experience is really interesting. Or, if not their experience, then their unlived life. Or their desire. Their id. Their curiosity. — Tom Burke Copy Share
I got a pommel in my eye. A pommel is the end of a sword - not the sharp end, the other end. It… — Tom Burke Copy Share
I was diagnosed dyslexic, but I should point out I don't think it majorly impacted on me. I don't feel that I overcame great… — Tom Burke Copy Share
But the fact I'm even getting to play a character that the producer, director and writers want me to play is a rarity in… — Tom Burke Copy Share
The only thing that I can say with any degree of commitment is a reason to he happy is... moderate weather. But then even… — Tom Burke Copy Share
A stable climate is the most fundamental resource of all. No one has yet built a civilisation in an unstable climate — Tom Burke Copy Share
What I've gathered from people who are big fans of the 'Musketeers', they adore the books to the degree where an awful lot of… — Tom Burke Copy Share
I think there's a value in people talking, it's just that we're in this culture now where everyone wants to 'out' each other at… — Tom Burke Copy Share
