“I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. But then a lady at ...” — Michael Ball Quote

“I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. But then a lady at the youth theatre asked me if I'd ever thought of going to drama school.”

“Les Mis' was an amazing experience, to be in the original cast of 'Les Miserables,' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' God bless it that was fantastic, at the London Palladium the biggest theatre in London the most successful show that has ever been at the London Palladium, that was fantastic.”

“I love the genre of early Hollywood. It gives you everything.”

“You see somebody like Olivia Colman and say, 'Okay, she's really great at comedy - I wonder if she can do drama?' As an actor looking at her, you just think, 'Of course she can,' because she's got timing and lines are all about timing, and all about the truth, and all about saying it in a way that makes sense and rings true.”

“Comedy is so hard; it's so much harder than drama. The pacing of it, the energy of it.”

“Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if I can do it.'”