I've always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I've talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I'll have more butterflies.

You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience.

I think if you play characters, it's very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them, or whatever. You have to normalize the behavior to get inside the character.

I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.

I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.

That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.

In terms of trying to improve as an actor, for me it's always important to return to the stage. After doing a piece of theater for a prolonged period, I can think I must have surely improved in some way as an actor - you must be fitter than you were prior to doing it. For me, theater is very, very important in keeping things fresh and dangerous.