I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.

Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks.

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter.

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.

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.