You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.

Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.

I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.

You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry.

You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.

I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?

When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.