When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.

I'd like to have a go at directing.

I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.

I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.

When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.

I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I've been cast.