Of everything I have done, 'The Archers' always gets the most excitement; there's a sort of uncontrollable joy from fans of the program.

It was amazing how much rehearsal helped with the performance - it was almost a theatrical approach to filmmaking.

I don't like when I look too cluttered.

I think that when [Charles] Dickens met Nelly [Ternan] it unleashed this sort of carnal, anarchic, cruel energy within him, and literally after she met him he changed his whole life - he separated from [his wife] Catherine, he stopped all the children from seeing her and went on this bitter rampage.

When you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.

I'm not a huge jewelry fan.

As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.