It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to have a cast together for six years. Crews come and go, and a few of them have been there throughout, but not many. It's rare, in my experience, after 26 years, to have had a proper company in a show that enjoys each other's company, and who is such a fine bunch of people and actors. To have struck a chord with people, and to have had that combination, is extremely rare.

I've had people come up to me in the past and say they enjoyed whatever show I've been in.

When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you.

At 19, you know everything; by the time you're 40, you haven't got a clue.

I had girlfriends, but settling down was the last thing on my mind.

I've often been the guy who doesn't get the girl.

In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure.