I've been to unpretty places with the roles I've played, and I'm attracted to reckless abandon. I like being taken to the edge of my own abyss.

Villains are fun. I think the important thing in playing them is that they don't see themselves as villains. It lets you be a little more expansive.

I play really bad punk rock guitar. Age-old friends; it's just great hanging out with your mates, causing havoc.

My work is my way of expressing myself without being arrested.

In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.

Howard Marks is very intelligent and well read, eloquent, witty, charming. I think it was those qualities that got him through. I was interested to explore that because generally, we perceive criminals as dark, twisted, angry characters. Howard isn't any of those. He was punished for his crime, released from prison, and has lived to tell the tale.

I freely admit that I am a bit of a misfit.