I still consider myself working class. I know my circumstances have changed dramatically since I was growing up back in Birkenhead.

I was Popeye mad when I was a kid, and I'd eat spinach until the cows came home.

I like working with kids; they keep you going.

I don't go for glamour roles.

I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent - things I'd never thought about before.

My wife works harder than anyone else with the children around the house. I make the money, sure, but she does everything else.

There is nothing remotely dignified about sorting through rotting trash to find something to feed your child, or asking someone for money because you have none (anyone who has contrived to give people money before they had to ask will never forget the look of gratitude in their eyes).

Anything that exposes the arts more, that gives us an outlet to make money and also do what we enjoy doing as artists and to connect with the fans, I'm all for it.