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

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.

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

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

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.

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

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