For an actor to remain a child is rather important. It's a childlike, dreamy thing, acting, if you think about it. It's the sort of thing children fantasise about, playing cowboys and Indians in the street. I think that acting is just a highly refined development of that.

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.

Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.

I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water.

Yeah, I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff.

There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about.