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I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

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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.

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I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.