I'm quite a smiley guy, I have my moments, but I think I'm generally of a relatively optimistic nature.

- James Norton

Every day, every scene, you were like, "My god. I'm doing a scene with Brian Cox today and then I'm onto a scene with Stephen Rea." For us young acto…

- James Norton

Being in Russia filming War & Peace...filming War & Peace alone is an extraordinary experience, but to be out there was just magical.

- James Norton

You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did.

- James Norton

If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightl…

- James Norton

There's so much going on in Andrei [Bolkonsky]. He's wrangling with these big existential conundrums, and he tries out different routes to fulfillmen…

- James Norton

The Russians were all really accommodating, and that made it really special. To be allowed in Catherine's Summer Palace...Lily [James] and I have thi…

- James Norton

As an actor, I think most people have a tendency to want to demonstrate that they can act, they can emote.

- James Norton