Obviously I'd love to have kids and all that. Luckily, as a man, there's not such an egg timer on it, but I'd like to be able to pick them up without Nurofen first.

I prefer to be flippant about acting, just in case I'm rubbish.

When we get christened or married or die, we drift naturally in the direction of the church. And in moments of crisis, when our spiritual Tom-Tom is no longer telling us what to do, we find ourselves scrabbling at the vicarage door.

Nothing else is as fulfilling as playing a part in which you are able to have a significant say in the creative process all the way through. How many actors get to do that? It's extremely rare.

You always think, "Oh, I'm sure I could have done that better." But generally speaking, I am very proud of this.

For me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.

You're always supposed to have sympathy for the person you're playing. You should be the one person who does.