I think my dream would have been to be a solo artist. But it didn't work out like that, and I also love to sing lots of musical stuff; I was really good at that, I've got a big voice. I dropped into musical theater and really enjoyed it and I sang for about nine years of my career.

Sometimes it's not about the size of your role, it's about the machine that you're part of.

I always wanted to sing, as a child.

If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day.

On Broadway and in the United States it's very different - people crossover all the time into television. I think that we'll get there [in London] in the end, but it has to start with who comes to see you in the musical and whether they can see beyond the dancing and the singing.

I'm quite good at switching off and sometimes I forget who I am in a character.

And I love to cook! I've impressed hundreds of women with my cooking. And they always come back for more.