It's A Weird Thing With Acting And

My Sons Have To Learn That You Take The Rough With The Smooth And They've Seen A Lot Of Smooth In The Years That They've Been Around. They Didn't See The Early Years. But Both My Mum And Myself Are Actors And We Constantly Tell Them It's Not Easy. But They Understand That.

In A Personal Way, To Do With Family And The Father-son Relationship, In A Kind Of Artistic Way With Regard To Him Being An Art Student. I Also Studied The Visual Arts At Lancaster University. I Then Decided To Become An Actor As He Was Becoming A Musician. And Then As An Actor/performer, We Have Similar Sort Of Interests - Music Hall And That Whole World. So, There's A Lot That I Felt Connected With.

I Remember Kind Of Doing Early Acting And Thinking, "god, They Don't Paint Behind The Sets." It's A Bit Of A Shame, Really - "oh, What's On The Other Side Of This Wall? Oh, You Can See The Plywood." I Was Really Disappointed. I Just Thought That These Things Were Real, From Watching Things As A Kid.

I Love Playing Real Characters... If They're Not Around Anymore It's Helpful Because You Won't Get Sued! But There's So Much Research Involved And I Love That Part Of The Process.

I Can Get On With All Different Sorts Of People, And I Never Feel Homesick, Particularly, Or I've Never Felt Kind Of Patriotic Towards Any One Country.