Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre.

I had bags of energy as a kid.

What we have is the here and now, and what we have is each other, and let's find a way to deal truthfully with each other.

I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really.