As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time - that doesn't work for me. I do that very unsuccessfully. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.

I feel very English in a suit. There's something about being in a suit abroad, particularly in America, that feels empowering.

Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself.

I'd love to play Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

I just have this fear that I'll get on stage and there'll be that brief moment of adrenalin and I'll forget my line.

I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent.

I had to smile when stories emerged questioning whether I was gay. Obviously I knew I wasn't but people were curiously desperate to suggest I was ... when you know a gay guy has a crush on you, it's the most flattering thing.