When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible!

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.

Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them.

I don't think it's the case that 'posh actors' get more work than others.

I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre. You are more in control of everything and involved in every aspect of production, so more challenged and fulfilled.

Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy.