My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

I think I'm a very good driver. Apparently, the cause of road rage - as with most anger - is some kind of superiority complex, which, god knows, cars foster.

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.

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.

I’m very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming up when I’ll finally be able to sit down with books and scripts and talk to my partners about how we take the company forward.

Look at you lot, you're all so vacant, is it nice not being me it must be so relaxing.