A cafeteria in Glasgow where the manager was horrible. I walked out and got a great job in a betting shop.

I’ve done some acting jobs where everybody’s gone out of their way to make sure that you feel annoying and easily replaceable.

In South Africa I washed cars, I danced in parking lots and shopping malls, and was a children’s entertainer.

I’ve been lucky enough to act for 35 years. The only other job I had was as a cook at a drive-in restaurant, and I enjoyed that as well.

I would have had a bit more belief in myself: I would have reached for America sooner.

My first girlfriend when I left drama school. I was a bit of tart.

A warm knowing.

After my documentary aired. I suddenly had a bit of panic, because it’s very personal. I couldn’t watch it on the night, I was so scared. The next day people were walking up to me on the street and telling me their life story. It was extraordinary.

In New York, I once went shopping and spent something like $7,000 on a couple of shirts, trousers and a jacket. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was ridiculous.

I had no idea. When I was a week away from leaving school, a teacher said, “We’ve been talking in the staffroom and we all think you should be an actor.” I thought, “That’s exactly what I want.” The rest is history.