I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

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

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to.

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.