Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.

Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.

I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out.

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.

Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.

Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.