I trained at RADA, then went into the theatre, but TV is like starting at the bottom again. I have just been learning.

You just hope each job is going to be as good as it possibly can be.

The 'Jamestown' set was so convincing. It had been raining for a few days before we started filming, and when we turned up, we were knee-high in mud. There were pigs and goats everywhere, too, which meant the whole place smelled pretty ripe. It definitely helped us enter the 'Jamestown' world immediately.

All Anne Lister wanted was a wife, and the other liaisons couldn't commit, but Ann Walker did. She took sacrament with her, and they became wife and wife. That shows extraordinary strength.

The family is inclusive of not just your genetic family, but the people that you meet along the way.

My approach has always been to work so that I can support my family.

Charan is very mature, and I see myself in him. He also gives equal importance to family, and as an actor, too, he does his job well.

I rented a house in Favignana, off the coast of Sicily, in the mid or late '90s. There was a revolving door of visiting friends and family - we played games, painted our faces, went swimming naked, cooked big meals, rode around on motorini, and had great cappuccinos.