There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

It's all good fun - television and movies and so on - but the good thing in theatre is there's nothing and no one between you and the audience so you can do what you want really.

I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do cook the pasta at home.

Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me.

If you look at movies with Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart and all the rest of it, none of them looks like a boy. They always looked like mature men. The audience didn't want to go and see kids.

I am now known as Nina Conti's father and it's wonderful.

There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.