I think I started lip-synching about halfway through the first day, and it's not as easy as you think it would be. But it's definitely better than a day job.
But as soon as I joined 'Six Feet Under', I felt like I was finally doing something again that the fans really loved, and I could stop being afraid of 'Clueless' fans!
I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids.
All my career, I've played in great teams - Marseille was a great team, Arsenal was a great thing, but we never won a trophy. With Manchester City, first year, it happened, and it was just a big relief.
I've been working for a long time and I've just really been allowed to work, with very little of the baggage and the pressures that can come with my job.
When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.
I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work.
I got so much out of 'The To-Do List.' This is a joke that I say about myself sometimes, in terms of my film career: I feel like I'm always playing the kid in serious adult movies. So, for me, it was so wonderful to suddenly be working with other people my age who were doing this on film.
Thankfully I'm a better actor than football player, or at least I hope so.
Numb3rs' was a wonderful gift because I had not worked in six months. It was so fun to be on that set doing these crazy things.
The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.
It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.
