Actor

I know how lucky I am, and I am aware that I have to fight the perception that I am also a spoiled brat.

As actors, you live in doubt; that's one of the truths of the particular job.

I tried to work hard at school because I knew that my parents were paying a lot of money for it.

I want to prove that I can be a success without standing on the shoulders of my family.

We're into a world where we're not talking about gay or straight or bisexual any more so much as we're talking about being transgender or identifying as a woman if you're a man.

My dad did a wonderful feat of memory and storytelling by taking T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets' on the road in a one-man show.

I've always wanted to work with Dad.

That's why I wanted to be an actor - to be everybody. Through all those different people I can learn about myself.

So often gay characters, particular those portrayed in an era where gayness was something of a taboo and a statement about 'who I am and no one's going to trample me down,' are more colourful and interesting - and for an actor, that's enticing.

My love of running developed when I got older. At school it filled me with dread and the idea of running around the sports pitches struck me with a nameless fear.

I don't think you necessarily fall in love with a sexuality, I think you fall in love with a person.

I don't really approach any part in any particular way. I tend to get an instinct on the way I want to do it, depending on that role.

I wouldn't wish to go 'I am this or I am tha'because at some time in my life, yes I've had girlfriends, but I might fall in love with a man.

I'm blessed and fortunate I met many people, like agents, who'd take a meeting with me because my mum or dad would ask if they'd see me.

People want to see me as a posh square, so I'll play an East End drag queen or a young man with a cleft palate.

I've been around actors all my life.

I want to have a very definite style that people recognise as being 'Fred Fox.'

As actors, we have the best job in the world, but occasionally it can be made difficult by ego and by not listening to each other and lack of communication.

Now, I don't think I'd particularly care if somebody criticised me for having got to a certain level of success because I'm Ed Fox's and Joanna David's son. I know that's not true.

I was drawn to gay parts because of their scripts, what the roles offered.