I feel so grateful to my mother and father for a happy childhood. There are things I now understand that they were able to give me that are very special.

The thing that keeps you grounded is doing the thing you love.

I try not to make plans. God always laughs at your plans. I’m going to keep the door open, and keep the page blank, and see what gets painted upon it.

Vietnam is absolutely breathtaking. I've never been to that part of the world before and it is an area of such natural beauty.

My favourite pudding is a toss-up between cheesecake - proper, New York cheesecake - and apple crumble and custard. Custard is very important, or dark chocolate mousse. Tea: probably Earl Grey, splash of milk.

There is so much poverty and desperation in South Sudan, and yet each side is militarily equipped.

I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, 'You know, you could really do this if you wanted to.'