Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?

In fact at home I sometimes like to be quiet and hear the sounds of the world outside.

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.

Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.