I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.

I'm not very good at going to sleep, and that's probably my worst problem. I don't need much more than seven and a half hours, but I probably get six. I take all my problems to bed with me and fret. I can't switch off.

I came up almost completely through the subsidised theatre. I have never been absolutely at the market interface, where I've got to sell my wares or die - I've always been protected from that.

As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.

I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.