The great thing about getting older and doing TV and theatre is that the roles get more interesting, and you're not cast because, 'Oh, she's always looked extraordinary.'
— Victoria Hamilton
I think I have a period drama face. That's the reason I've always gone back to the West End, because for me, that's where all the interesting roles have been.
When I left drama school, saying you were going to the RSC made you a laughing stock.
I made a decision that I wanted to do five years of classical theatre before I did anything else, which was a very unfashionable thing to do.
I think I was quite difficult to cast when I was in my twenties because I never looked like Cameron Diaz. I'm not talking myself down, but I was never going to be the romantic lead in a Hollywood blockbuster. You need better cheekbones and longer legs.
I don't want to just be another actor in L.A. looking for a job.
I know I'll always want to come back to theatre, and I also thought if I can crack classical acting, everything else will probably seem easier.
Film would have been great, but I don't think I was ever in the frame.
Like any relationship, a marriage does take work.
Looking at the actors I most admire - Judi Dench, Ian Holm, that whole generation - they all started in rep and slowly built themselves into the position where they could juggle theatre and film.
