jane horrocks, that her acting career has spanned four decades and has seen her excel on stage and screen from comedies to musicals. increasingly, she s written and created her own shows, is that the pathway to empowerment in an industry where actors can be just another commodity? jane horrocks, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it is great to have you in the studio. you have been in this acting business for almost four decades, i wonder when you think about your own career, do you feel that you very consciously shaped it or is it more a question of serendipity and stuff thatjust happened? i think there is a lot of both actually, yes. i think i did engineer quite a lot of it in that my choices were very specific but certain things happened at a certain time that kind of formed it as well. and when you think about the big choices, the key choices that you made that were instrumental in shaping your career, what would you point to? i think probably the biggest choice th
increasingly, she s written and created her own shows. is that the pathway to empowerment in an industry where actors can be just another commodity? jane horrocks, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it is great to have you in the studio. you have been in this acting business for almost four decades. i wonder when you think about your own career, do you feel that you very consciously shaped it or is it more a question of serendipity and stuff thatjust happened? i think there is a lot of both actually, yes. i think i did engineer quite a lot of it in that my choices were very specific but certain things happened at a certain time that kind of formed it as well. and when you think about the big choices, the key choices, that you made that were instrumental in shaping your career, what would you point to? i think probably the biggest choice that i made was leaving the rsc. the royal shakespeare company? yes, which was my firstjob and they offered me another season and i th
at all. what i am doing is very serious. it s very important work. nope, not a game. that was fulton county d.a. fani willis last summer talking about her probe of trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and there are new indications tonight of precisely when any indictments will be coming this summer. also tonight, ron desantis gets set to formally launch his presidential campaign with the baggage of a four-plus year record of attacking the personal freedoms of the people and businesses in his own state. including his economically destructive fight with disney. plus, my conversation with chasten buttigieg who has a message for young people amid the growing threats to lgbtq youth. but we begin tonight with seven battle ground states that president biden won in 20202020. arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. not only will these all be states to watch in next year s presidential election, but all part of the failed plot by donald trump and his
you want to invite me in? you ever find yourself complaining that there are too many really good shows on tv? i feel that needs to be celebrated. a new era in television. you are so lucky! broadcast and cable networks face a growing competitor, online programming. it would take a revolution for someone like me to have a career as an actor and a revolution that s you re right. there s a new player in the original content game. is it that time? this flood of actors and writers and ideas just gushing into tv. i don t have time to explain it to you. the people who are going to change the narrative out there is us. there s an avalanche of new streaming services. word of the year, binge watch. when you play the game of thrones you win or you die. this is going to be so fun. television used to be here s what we re showing you and here s your only chance to see it. when there were fewer tv options there wasn t as much room for experimentati
spanned four decades and has seen her excel on stage and screen from comedies to musicals. increasingly, she s written and created her own shows, is that the pathway to empowerment in an industry where actors can be just another commodity? jane horrocks, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it is great to have you in the studio. you have been in this acting business for almost four decades. i wonder when you think about your own career, do you feel that you very consciously shaped it or is it more a question of serendipity and stuff thatjust happened? i think there is a lot of both actually, yes. i think i did engineer quite a lot of it in that my choices were very specific but certain things happened at a certain time that kind of formed it as well. and when you think about the big choices, the key choices, that you made that were instrumental in shaping your career, what would you point to? i think probably the biggest choice that i made was leaving the rsc. the royal