I went from being a beanpole - like a normal kid of the 1950s - and exploded. The weight piled on and didn't stop until into my adulthood.

I wouldn't inflict my naked body on any paying audience.

Every time I've talked about my family in the past, people have ended up getting upset. So I said to my friends and family: 'I shan't refer to you at all, and there's nothing for you to get upset about. There's the deal.

It's been the most astonishing year because I've been having a marvelous adventure, and yet I kind of sympathize with people who have to live in exile, because I've so missed England.

It's not that I'm sick of the theater, don't get me wrong. I'm just tired of the commitment.

I've had a year out of work, more, and just toughed it out. There are those who think that all actors are overpaid. I beg to differ.

My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.