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.

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.

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.

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.