There was so much great music around in the '60s, stuff like The Small Faces, but I also love The Jam.

I just want my music to be put out there, not shoved in people's faces. I want to keep it relaxed.

I listen to a lot of reggae.

When you write a song, there’s no point keeping it to yourself.

When you’re doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own performance and for the other actors.

It’s a weird thing with accents. When I go home it gets a lot stronger, when I’ve had a few beers it gets a lot stronger.

The characters I tend to play are a little more interesting than the standard heroes. Romantic leads can be a little more straightforward, I guess. But it just seems to be the parts I get, I don’t know what that says about me. I enjoy interesting characters and interesting people, I suppose.

I walked past Noel Gallagher on the street once and everyone was like, “Go speak to him! He’s one of your heroes!” I thought I’d leave him. I don’t know what I’d say to him.

I think drama school really teaches you how to annunciate; you’re conscious that people might not understand you if you speak too fast and too Welsh.

I’m still secretly a bit of a punk. Love The Clash and a bit of the Pistols. I guess as I’ve got older I’ve chilled out a bit. But, my teenage angst is still stirring somewhere!