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.

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to fall. All these little worries.

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

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.

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