I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

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.

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

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.

In the garden of our house, when I was three. My brothers and I had a jumping wall. I remember it as enormously high, but it was probably only about a foot and a half.

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'