I think I'm very open and friendly and warm.

There are different definitions of love, and one of the most wonderful definitions of love is to allow somebody to be.

A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father's side, and it's sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations.

Where I grew up in the North-east, the community there, and the way people relate to one another, goes very deep. But I don't define myself as a Northerner in that I don't live in the North.

I think its nice to be able to make a product, put it out there and let other people decide what they think.

I think I'm very open and friendly and warm.

The first time I came to London on my own, I was 15. I was absolutely oblivious to so many things. I had no expectations, no fears. I just came to do a National Youth Theatre season one summer. It was just brilliant.