Jesus is absolutely at the centre of Western civilisation and part of my fascination with him is, why? What is it about this particular man and his story?

Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state.

Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.

Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged.

I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.