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There Are Lots Of Actors, And You Need A Way To Stand Out. Writing Comedy Sketches Was A Way Of Doing That.

It Kind Of Depresses Me When People Decide To Move Away. I Get It, You Want Your Kids To Have Somewhere To Roam Free Or To Recreate Whatever Your Sort Of Childhood Ideal Was, But My Kids Are Grand. I Love La Because Lifestyle Wise, It's Near The Beach And Mountains And It Is Great For Kids But Then It's A City Built On An Industry That, At The End Of The Day, Is Kind Of Facile.

I Started Writing Sketches With Dennis Kelly, Who I Ended Up Writing 'pulling' With. We Entered A Bbc Competition And Did Quite Well, Then Started Writing Bits For Other People's Shows. You Wheedle Your Way In, Write Pilots And Eventually You End Up Writing A Sitcom.

Things Change When You Get To 40. I'm Embarrassed Even That I'm Going Through It. In A Very Morbid Way, At 40 You Become Aware Of How Long You've Been On Earth And You Start To Question What You're Going To Use The Remaining Time Doing.

You've Only Got A Short Shelf-life As An Actor, And I Want To Make The Most Of It While I Can.