It's always important to have the blessing.

I have actual acting scars.

People's hands fascinate me. It's tempting to look at a businessman's left hand and see if there's an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there's a tan line and the skin is pressed down where's he's worked a ring off his finger.

I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.

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 realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.

My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.