Often you get wonderful singers who maybe aren't as strong as actors, or you get wonderful actors who can't sing very well.

I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals.

I'm a career actor. And I question this constant reliance on TV fame and celebrity.

The home of Rugby Union is in Twickenham - just outside London in the suburbs, where I live. I'm mad for it. The trouble with being an actor and being in the theater is that you always miss the games.

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.

There are times when I think, if I were a bit more famous, life could be easier in terms of work because producers want bums on seats, and they're going to get bums on seats if they get a name, if you have had that series on telly.