Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.

I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.

To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further in the play to serve the writer and to understand yourself in that context is how you continue to grow and learn.

While the sciences are hugely important, let us not leave behind a childs imagination.

The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.

It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.