I can now shed the child-actor thing, like the fat, and start a new career, because no one sees me as Dudley.

I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing.

The way I see it Bill Elliott is just another way of saying fast

I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.

I can now shed the child-actor thing, like the fat, and start a new career, because no one sees me as Dudley.

My parents didn't overfeed me, nor did they make an issue of it. That's when things go wrong. It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin.

I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.