I grew up in Gillingham in Kent, and my dad commuted to Victoria Station every day. I remember travelling in with him one day and the noise, the people, and the heat leaving me wide-eyed and grinning. Douglas Hodge commutedadday Change image and share on social
To do eight shows a week saying exactly the same lines, you have to be obsessively perfecting it or utterly mindless. Douglas Hodge linemindlessobsessively Change image and share on social
I'm very prescriptive about my routine. Almost nothing changes: I have the same meal - pasta with Bolognese sauce - between shows; the person who dresses me stands on the same side every time; I take the same route to the stage. I'm very OCD about these things, as most actors are. Douglas Hodge actorbolognesedress share on social
I've been doing a little project with my 11-year-old son, Charlie: we're canoeing from the source of the Thames to the Houses of Parliament. It's taken us three years so far, and we're only half way. Douglas Hodge canoecharliehalf Change image and share on social
I was doing a movie, 'Diana,' and I pulled aside the guy who was making the nose for Naomi Watts and said, 'I'm about to do 'Cyrano.'' So he did various Photoshops of different looks that might work. I was really against any kind of 'Pinocchio' theater thing. The way that it's described in the play is this disfigurement. Douglas Hodge cyranodianadisfigurement share on social
I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them were taken up; I was a complete failure at it! But I've kept doing it, writing little songs for myself. Douglas Hodge completecontractfailure Change image and share on social
When you sit down and there's nothing, and then you write a song and there's something, that's the most extraordinary feeling. Douglas Hodge extraordinaryfeltsit Change image and share on social