At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood.

I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test.

It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant.

I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia.

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.

I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.