Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.

I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.

I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.

It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.

I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.

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

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.