I've never been up with the times, always been slightly out of step.

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.