Giles Quotes

(on his British accent in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)) "I patterned the accent after this guy I was in a play with, but that was three years ago. Now I`m listening to Tony Head (Anthony Head; Giles in "Buffy"), who sounds kind of like Spike in real life. It`s much more tough-guy talk in real life. His accent (as Giles) is just as fake as mine. His is nice and gritty, but it`s not North London. I`m always afraid that I`m morphing over into Tony Head, wherever he`s from."

There is a warmth and generosity about Giles. If I met him in person I think that is what I would be attracted to. In terms of what I enjoy about playing him - the social ineptitude, and the intellect is great fun too as I don`t have one!

I think Giles` journey has been fascinating. I think that`s what made it such a joy to play. The character was never static; you never knew what his deal was. And you still don`t know what his deal is. The conflicts I was given to play are not soapy, they`re not silly things or huge story arcs.

I think Giles likes Buffy, but she annoys him. The mere fact that she doesn`t want the job that he`s offering her -- she frustrates him. She represents everything he doesn`t understand. Ultimately he becomes extremely fond of her. People have said, What is it? A father/daughter relationship? And it`s not quite. There`s nothing like it on TV. It`s difficult to pigeonhole. He becomes extremely fond of her and gets into all sorts of terrible trouble because of it. ... Xander is complete anathema to him. A great annoyance because he never seems to take anything seriously. Cordelia is ... Who knows where she`s coming from? Willow he respects greatly, but it`s all a confusion to him. He`s never really sure of anybody or anything. The only thing he is sure about is what he`s supposed to do.

Normally, you look for the No. 3 hitter to be your best pure hitter, which would be Giles. We`re there to set the table for him, create (run-producing) opportunities for him. Keep the train moving, any way we can.

(Giles) had as good a game as you`ll ever see. Defensively and offensively, he was outstanding.

When you`ve got guys like Andruw (Jones), Chipper (Jones), Julio (Franco) and Marcus (Giles) in front of you, you have some RBI chances. A pitcher doesn`t want to pitch to those guys. He`d rather pitch to a rookie any day.

(It is not a comfort zone; as Chris Read and Graham Thorpe discovered, players do get dropped. But rookies get a run first and changes are usually made with a view to the long term. The team have thus been able to grow together and bond. The side Giles came into was a wary one with some players playing primarily for themselves, an inevitable consequence of chop-and-change team selection. Now they are a team.) It`s a completely different atmosphere to `98, ... It`s much more professional and we are much more together. I found it quite tricky in `98. No disrespect to anyone in that side, because players made me feel welcome, but it was very disjointed. Now we are basically another county team. We know each other that well. We`ve played that much cricket together.

Our defense played pretty good. Giles County has a good team.