Cumberbatch - it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn't it? What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn't keen on me keeping it.

I haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful of not repeating myself.

I really cannot get over the generosity of our Tibetian teacher. He said, "Don't punish yourself. You're going to be a student at a university in the north of England. You need to have your experiences and have your fun, and not judge yourself. Don't live in guilt and regret."

I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys.

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

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they've been really good fun.