Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period.

My dad gave me threepence to pay the fine but I spent it on a Wagon Wheel

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think thats because we were trained - until now - in theatre.

When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.