What we consider typical of the male is a question I ask myself quite often - it's relevant to my life as an actor and as a man.

As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was in my twenties.

I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world.

Even though momentarily I thought about being a doctor, I was always involved in theatre and did a drama degree. I just didn't have the guts to go, 'Yes, I'm going to be an actor,' until I was probably 21.

I don't consider my life to be boring at all. I consider my life to be massively fortunate.

I'm quite happy with the way my life is.