England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.

I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle.

One of the things that I cannot fathom is young actors who will not audition and won't read.

I definitely think that theatre is something I'll keep coming back to in my career for as long as I can. I also think theatre's something you have to be very fit to do. I am fairly fit, but I don't think I could do it all the time.

I'm also a fan of ridiculously coloured and patterned socks.

I always saw Michael Gambon wearing madly psychedelic socks, and I always thought that's it is one of the few areas where men can really express colour and have a bit of a dandyish quality to their outfit.

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.