The great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a bible of who a character is and you're kind of shooting yourself in the foot if you're not reading it.

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.

I'm a horrible romantic!

I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me.

I don't do so well with people pretending to be happy. When I was 16, I went with my girlfriend at the time and her family to Disneyland and I was so grumpy the whole time.

If I could play any character from the book though it’d be Church. Who wouldn’t want to be a cat?!

I have an apartment back home in London. England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be. It's where my friends are.