Christian McKay

One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, and I remember the sound hitting my face. It became my toy. ”

Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s. ”

Some actors play themselves, don't they? ”

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over. ”

I want to record 'Goyescas' by Granados, which has been a great love of mine since I was a teenager. ”

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character. ”

I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself. ”

I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd thought I'd work up through the ranks and go from spear carrier - or in my case, the eunuch, which was several rungs below the spear carrier - to King Lear. ”