Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it.

I had a girlfriend before I ever had a boyfriend, but it was just a phase.

They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner.

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.

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.

I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.