Everyone deserves compassion.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.

But obviously, things have changed in many ways since the '50s, when the show is started, in terms of sexuality, and how much access we have to images of it and information about it. But, the same problems always apply. It doesn't matter whether we know a lot more about sex now or if there's a lot more access to it. The same problems of intimacy, of dealing with other people, of connecting and being vulnerable with other people, which is what the show is ultimately about, still applies now, I think.