I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

I love the Shakespeare history plays, I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.

At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.

Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.

When I was seven or eight, I was bought a fantastic book called 'The Movie Treasury of Horror Movies' by Alan G. Frank; it became my bible. It's packed full of the most amazing photos and is still fantastic to look at.

I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

I always compare reading anything on the Internet to listening at doors. If you don't want to hear anything bad about yourself, you should never do it.