I had a girlfriend before I ever had a boyfriend, but it was just a phase.

For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.

I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.

I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest.