Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.

There's another weight of us being in the public eye, which is this presumption that, because your work and your promotion work is very public, your private life should be, too.

Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and '90s to make sure the school bills were paid.

It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.