I'm sort lucky in that for me, I'm a writer now. I started as an actor but I'm a writer and so things like 'Wilfred' and shows like that are where I escape to.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.

I came to America so that I could work with the best and be the best.

The acting is more of a secondary thing for me now. I will be in it, if I'm the best man for the job, but it really is about creating characters and shows.

I always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.

I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.