The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can.

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.

We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.

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

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.

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