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

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

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

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

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.

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

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.