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

Class still matters in Britain today.

When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that.

Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

Being 'Johnny' was almost like an out of body experience. I thought he was just a character that I'd created and could quite easily step away from, but it was much more difficult than that.

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether.