I never quite toed the line.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I'm a huge fan of Eighties music.

I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.

I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.

But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.