I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.

You could say Shakespeare is so extraordinary precisely because he was so ordinary. He had all the usual anxieties and understandings of what it is to have children, lose children, get married, struggle to make a living and so on.

When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it.

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.

I'm trying to enjoy my time at home and be around my kids.

I grew up in a food-obsessed Italian family, so food was always front and center in my life. I was a food obsessed person who morphed into a comedian and tried to figure out a way to make fun of my cake and eat it too.

During my childhood my family risked a lot financially. They put every single penny they could into my racing and also their free time was completely compromised.

I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled.