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

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

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.

I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.