The danger with playing a part that defines you is that it swallows up everything else.

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

I'm not Welsh and I didn't know that much about Dylan Thomas , and I saw that he's a huge icon of Welsh-ness.

I've had my moments of feeling miserable in my life, as has everyone, but it's not often that you actually get the opportunity to indulge that feeling. Mostly when people are depressed or miserable, they have to snap out of it because it doesn't work. It doesn't suit day-to-day life.

You're always a bit blind. If you look at stuff a few years later, you get a more objective look at it.

I'm unhappy as Dylan Thomas was, because I'm not, but I've had my brushes with sadness.

I like to think of myself as versatile, and I certainly have the most varied career, so I'm very, very lucky in that.