I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

Lets just say I was really bad. Now I have grown into myself. I have changed.

I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

I've always liked women who are older. They seem to know who they are, and they've lived. They've got soul, and that's very attractive.