It wasn't until I got involved in Doctor Who that I started doing dramas on television.

It wasn't until I got involved in Doctor Who that I started doing dramas on television.

I trust the [series] writers when I'm filming, because it's interesting for me to go in every week and see what's going to happen, and the challenge for me as the actor is to make it work.

I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about "the character," and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality.

My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.

Never apologize for being nerdy, because un-nerdy people never apologize for being assholes.

For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is.