Every name in a TV show has to be run by the legal department first.

I don't like crowds or attention.

The only time I get recognised is when I go somewhere that is showing 'Coupling' on local television.

I love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village.

Every person has parallel tracks. You have your personal life or your life as an artist, or whatever it is you do.

I'm not really that keen on mainstream; I'm not interested in doing the normal films. I do tend to go for the quirky, different scripts.

Fans believe they have a relationship with you, either through your TV character or, more reasonably, through the tweets you may have exchanged. In a way, you have gotten to know them. You learn about people's kids, families, pets.