My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but what century it's in.

I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.

I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.

My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.

I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.