There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.

I always remember is that no matter how good I might be in a movie, I'll never be any better. It's frozen. But in theatre I can be better tomorrow night, I can be better the night after that and I can be better in a week. The journey you go through as an actor is incredible.

Over the years, I've been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I've tried to maintain as much of a low profile as I could so that those characters would emerge and their relationship with audiences would be protected.

As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

I'm a relatively ugly character who's done pretty damn well in film.

I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.

Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.