I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.

You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.

A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

I love playing sport.

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.