In my game, you get brokenhearted a bit. You do a play, get a bad review in the papers... actors are sensitive; you think of all the work you've done, and it breaks your heart, but you learn to shrug it off and to carry on.

I don't miss EastEnders. I did a two-stretch. That was enough.

Acting is my passion and Chelsea FC is my hobby.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

I get on with actors, and when I'm doing a theatre show, it's great being with them all the time. But we're all alike, and it's much nicer being with people who are different.

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day so instead I play golf with other unemployed actors. I'm a member of the Stage Golfing Society and I play golf with all sorts of people.

I used to go into bars on my days off, and I decided that wasn't too good for me.