I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.

I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports, he has never referred to himself as the 'Ginger Ninja'.

When I was 14 I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?