I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit.

Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.

It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

You can be romantically interested in someone and love them and still, I think, be really interested in things and a certain lifestyle that person might provide.

Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak.