I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it.

That means more to me, truthfully, than commercial success. To be a loved human being is much more important to me then any of those other things.

Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back.

It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging.

However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all three together, that's fine.

Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too.

I am 58 and it's difficult for people to gauge my age.