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

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 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.

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.