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Sir Mark Rylance has said acting used to be more accepting of "oddballs" like him.
Reflecting on today's arts industry, he told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that theatre directors "understandably" want actors who are "easy to work with."
Sir Mark, who was knighted for his services to theatre in 2017, described his younger self as "temperamental, moody and difficult to understand".