I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say.

Art is all about the experience. I could say I dont really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, Blimey, look at that.

At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.

Working at the National Theatre is just wonderful. There is no place like the South Bank on a summer's afternoon.

I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say.

I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.

Forget fashion, dress for comfort and for ease of getting through security, so no hats, belts or unnecessary accessories.