I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show.

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.

My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'

I love the way my weight fluctuates in the newspapers. It was 18 stone and then people look at a bad picture of me and add a few more stone on. I think the highest was 22 stone.

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 don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.

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