I Place An Enormous Premium On Loyalty.

My Father Died Prematurely At The Age Of 52 When I Was 24, And It Is A Recurring Regret That He Never Lived To See Me Succeed Beyond University And Drama.

I Don't Think It's The Case That 'posh Actors' Get More Work Than Others.

Proving Yourself In A Field Where The Casualty Rate Is So Notoriously High Is An Ongoing Challenge.

I Am Drawn To Writing And Directing As It Is Most Like The Feeling I Had When I Was A Teenager With My Puppet Theatre. You Are More In Control Of Everything And Involved In Every Aspect Of Production, So More Challenged And Fulfilled.

When I Came To England, The First Director I Met Was Charles Sturridge, Who Told Me, 'you Speak Like Somebody Out Of The 1950s.