I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test..

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art..

It would've been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant..

Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and ….

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I ….

[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of n….

I'm rather proud of having been a trainspotter..

I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when ….

I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a….

It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by were we in their circumstances; to d….

When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose to do the third thing which was sulk..

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings..

Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends..

Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read..

What I do believe is theatre is a medium with a peculiar ability to air vital issues..

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they….

At heart, this job is about continuing to make great theatre for the people of Sheffield - a city I've known and loved since childhood..

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'.

Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the indepe….

We'll be back. I promise you that..

I usually play toffs and soldiers, with a sideline in mass murderers..