In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

Sometimes I think it'd be fun to do a completely different job for a while. You've got one life and you do the same job for the whole of it, and you think - was that a good use of a life?

I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.

Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world.