In our culture, good looks are so important, and today he'd head straight for a plastic surgeon, but in Cyrano's time, the nose was who he was, and it didn't matter that he was a brilliant poet, a brilliant swordsman, a brilliant man. His nose defined him. Douglas Hodge brilliantculturecyrano 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 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
As soon as I walk down that sticky six-mile patterned carpet that welcomes you at Heathrow, I buy the Sunday papers and read the fashion supplements cover to cover. Even though hardly a single word in them seems directed at any male who ever lived, I find them compulsive reading. Douglas Hodge buycarpetcompulsive share on social
While I was in 'Inadmissible Evidence' at the Donmar, I was mugged at the HSBC ATM on Shaftesbury Avenue. I grabbed one of the men, and when the police arrived, they put both me and him against a wall until they worked out which of us was the criminal. Douglas Hodge arriveatmavenue share on social
