We're not sure if these words were uttered before or after Jonathan had to take a break from his promotional tour marking the start of The Tudors: Season III... I'm guessing befoooorrehand.
Of playing a very angular version of King Henry VIII: "I never left the character for the whole 5 1/2 months I shot it. What I do is isolate myself while I'm shooting it. I lived in a house on my own. It's very Spartan, I don't have luxuries. I go to the gym, all of this almost physical meditation. That's what it takes, because I don't look like Henry (you don't say), so I have to do more to be Henry VIII. I don't phone people up, don't see people, don't see my friends."
There is an easier way of going about this, Jonathan - like horsing on a rake load of weight, sprouting a beard and then dying every strand of hair on your being ginger. You could also walk about on your knees.