One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.

I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.

I keep in touch with what's real.

If anything changes, I'll just take it in stride. For now, I can still walk down the street and quite happily not get noticed.

The reason I'm an actor is because I'll never be able to be perfect.

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.

I used to spend a lot of time at football training, but that time was later spent in amateur acting classes and my local youth theatre, in plays at school and after-school clubs. That filled the void.