People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness to utter despair. I'm aware that doesn't make it easy for people sometimes.

I think Britain is a bit class-ridden. People tend to be judged by how rounded their vowels are.

I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the people that I wish were with me.

I think life is sweeter shared; and if anything were to happen to my partner, I would find it really hard without her because she's the perfect person for my life.

I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic.

Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their friend in the same way that English actors are used to using words: understanding about consonance and how to shade a vowel to show emotional color.