I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in their professional and chronological lives.

They say getting a show on the air and having it be a success, literally, the odds are like winning the lottery. For me, I've won the lottery several times, so I've been awfully lucky.

I have taught some master classes and things at my alma mater and sometimes at my kids' school. I will go in and talk to the theater students. I wouldn't really call myself a teacher.

I love series television because it's so much fun to have that much opportunity to paint the character.

One of the secret benefits of using remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.

Let me be clear: I am sick of having to criticise the club which I gave my life to as a footballer.

I used to listen to a lot of music in my studio - all the time. But as far as the music that interplays with my work, what I've done and still do is keep a lyric book and song title. The material typically comes from Eartha Kitt, Betty Davis, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston.

It turns out the businessman knows more about how the economy really works than the chattering class. What a shock.