I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.

I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you're doing a play you're using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.