Bertie Carvel

I think. as a child, there's something frightening about certain adults, particularly when you're in their clutches or power. That must be…

— Bertie Carvel

It's what all actors try to do, really, to just preserve the child inside them because their imagination is quite available. I…

— Bertie Carvel

Acting is a mysterious process.

— Bertie Carvel

The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices…

— Bertie Carvel

Actors tend to be quite good at getting on with people. If you’re an arsehole, people don’t want to work with you.…

— Bertie Carvel

Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive,…

— Bertie Carvel

I'm a socialist. I'm amazed at how the spirit of socialism is alive and well in New York. I had always thought…

— Bertie Carvel

It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor Im a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth.

— Bertie Carvel

I think musicals can be more than what people imagine. That'll be the case with 'Matilda.' It's such a clever thing to…

— Bertie Carvel

I get so carried away in interviews and deliver 1,500-word treatises, then find it's been reduced to something pithier but also not…

— Bertie Carvel

It's an odd experience reading interviews with yourself. Interesting, though. Of course, you know that the journalist will have edited, rephrased or…

— Bertie Carvel

I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about musical theatre -…

— Bertie Carvel

I live close to Hampstead Heath, so when I do have spare time, I like to raise my white blood cell count…

— Bertie Carvel

Kids are no fools: they're very sophisticated, they don't miss a lot; they don't miss nuance.

— Bertie Carvel

I overthink everything. I'm very keen there should be a positive outcome. I like to control outcomes. But you can't. That's what…

— Bertie Carvel

It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor I'm a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth.

— Bertie Carvel

Actors should avoid talking about their personal lives.

— Bertie Carvel

People's character is their behaviour - we're all capable of good and evil.

— Bertie Carvel