I do as much comedy as I possibly can but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions.

Im hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

Ive gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while.

People talk about me in Arcadia and I think I was okay in it but Ive given better performances in other productions that didnt have the same impact. But I knew Arcadia was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it.

My career has suddenly started to be the one that I'd always wanted, not in terms of level of success, but in terms of - and this is what I've been banging on about - playing different parts in different media. I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn't. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I've gotten better and become more relaxed as an actor.

People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.

I do as much comedy as I possibly can but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions.