Liverpool will always be my home.

In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.

I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.

It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.

I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.