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(source: http://www.tv.com/people/ben-daniels/)

Ben: (On why he thinks funding for arts program in school shouldn’t be cut) <<I’m a great candidate for why arts funding shouldn’t be cut, because I had no experience other than what was at school. I’m from a working-class town-there were no theaters, and the cinema closed when I was a kid. So all we had was bad TV, really. Anything that gave me a voice or a way to express myself I went running headlong toward.>>

Ben: (On homophobia in the film and television industry) <<Homophobia is still shockingly prevalent in film and TV. I know I’ve lost work because of being gay, and it is always an issue. Even on a serious BBC2 drama there will be some suit in some office going, “Hmmm, isn’t he a poof?” I don’t consider myself politically gay, but whenever I catch a whiff of that now, I’m on it like a ton of bricks.>>

Ben: (On having to call his parents after a tabloid had revealed he was gay) <<I had never actually discussed being gay with my parents, just because we don’t have a very close emotional relationship; I had to phone them then, to warn them not to buy the papers, not to get angry, to tell them that not all of it was true. It’s your family who get hurt by that stuff.>>

Ben: (On what kind of person he is) <<I don’t think of myself as being troubled as a human being, but I guess I’m quite extreme, quite big and quite loud, and maybe people pick up on that when they cast me. I’m certainly not the quiet reflective type. I don’t think I’ll ever play Hamlet. My Hamlet would probably kill everybody.>>

Ben: (On working in theater) <<It’s tough and keeps you on your toes as an actor. I think it’s really hard to do a show every night and keep it alive but it’s a real challenge.>>

Ben: (On what show he would have liked to guest star in) <<Six Feet Under if it was still on, that was the best TV programme of all time, or Deadwood, any of those HBO shows I just love, I think they are great. I would love to play a villain in those. I’d also love to do Doctor Who and be a baddie, I would love to stride around in a pair of big leather trousers. I love Russell T Davies’ writing I am such a fan. I got offered Torchwood but the part was too nice, I wanted to play someone nasty, bring on the teeth!>>