Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it?

The thing is, I love a celebrity interview. Doesn't matter how big or how small. It could be Hillary Clinton or the guy who made it to the third round of 'Popstars,' I'll read it.

I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men.

I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.