I think people love it when anybody acts bad; its not particular to me.

Gaming is going into storytelling. It was a new audience.

Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.

Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

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.

I went through a period of great rebellion within my family, when I was about 9 or 10. I was mad, I had no focus, had no real interest in anything, and so I started to do things that were just rebellious and stupid.

When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club.