My parents were incredibly inclusive.

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.

You just have to take control of your own performance.

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'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.

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

Quiet people, people who arent given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - theyre also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.