I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I wouldn't have got a grant, and he wouldn't let me go to university, and that was the end of it.

I loathe cheese, it makes me ill.

I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.

I hope I'm always convincing when I act!

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

The standard of writing that I'm getting now from 'Big Finish' compares very favourably with some of the stuff I was doing on screen in the '80s.

It's not so much a thankless task, it's more a job with no thanks