I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge.

As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.

I'm not a sci-fi lover; I wasn't from the start. So perhaps I miss that passion for other worlds, other dimensions, that sort of scope and that magnitude of storytelling; that's not my thing though I meet plenty of people whose thing it definitely is.

Brighton gives me the heebie-jeebies. When I'm near the seafront I can't sleep, I can't eat.

The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.

Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.

I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge.