I'm always interested in playing different people, in different situationsIt doesn't matter to me whether someone is in love with a man or a woman. I find the idea of love and romance interesting. I'm a sucker for it. I like playing someone who's falling in love because I like the sensation of it. People do extraordinary things when they're falling in love.

I was born in '71, so I remember bits of glam rock on 'Top of the Pops' toward the late '70s, but I had no idea what kind of world it was. I didn't like the music, either.

I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.

From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.

A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.

Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this?