I don't like to be challenged in the way that often happens, where somebody writes something and then you, as an actor, are expected to really make it up in your imagination. That's not really an ideal way of working.

There's a saying within the Asperger community: if you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome, you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome ... Within this condition, beneath this label, the variety of personality, of humor, of behavior, is infinite.

I think I can lead a pretty anonymous life, yeah.

When something is iconic, if you're very careful and delicate, you can add onto that iconography. It can expand. People have attached so much to it themselves, and connected to it, so the risks are big, but the potential is enormous, at the same time.

But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles.

Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.

In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite.