One-legged squats are amazing for the glutes, so I've actually managed to change the shape of my bum by building up the bits of muscle.

It's quite different to do a vocal performance, opposed to a performance where you are seen, because in some ways, you don't need to worry about what you look like - you don't have to sit in a makeup chair for a long time!

I used to go to auditions, mainly for talent competitions like 'Opportunity Knocks.'

In the normal world, the residents of Scream Street would not be welcome - they would be seen as freaks and ghouls, so it wouldn't be OK for them to be there. Scream Street is a haven for them; it's their own little place where they can be safe.

If I hadn't read all of Jane Austen and DH Lawrence, Tolstoy and Proust, as well as the more fun stuff, I wouldn't know how to break bad news, how to sympathise, how to be a friend or a lover, because I wouldn't have any idea what was going on in anybody else's mind.

When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.

My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.

My wife Jane left me for another man. Then I fell in love with a bloke. I have been gay ever since.