I was very shy and very reserved as a child, very, very introvert.

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be introduced. But the way we met was funny because I just didn't recognise her!

I am grateful to theatre for making me what I am today. But it's not like theatre is my first love. I am equally attached to cinema, which is, actually, a child of theatre, since it borrows heavily from it.

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.

I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old Your days are gone; it is part of life.