THC: You've had a lot of really diverse roles--why the collage of characters?
AN: Actors are given too much credit for shaping their own careers. At no point do you have that much control. You feel like what are you going to do to just have a film be in the theaters? I've had good luck that the roles have been so different. Out of Yale, I'd played all these Romantic parts, not the really exciting character. Mansfield Park was perfect [Henry Crawford] is an epicurean who gets the most out of every situation.
THC: Who was your model for Henry Crawford.
AN: [Our research included] historical accounts and paintings. I went to the National Portrait gallery in London. We read this manners book, called What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew which was heaven. I realized that the thing about this period was that everything was sacrificed for the sake of appearance. [The costume man told me] one's trousers must be so tight they show one's mood.