Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.

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.

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.

I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

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.

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