The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.

Each role you play, they set a bar of challenges that you meet. And in the past, I've played characters that emotionally expressed themselves a bit more in a physical way. It was a joy, actually.

If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.

My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.

I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.

The great thing about having been in a lot of make-up, and stuff like that, is that when you're working with someone who's in it, and you've been there and done it, but you're not in it anymore, you feel so good.

To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego.