It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents.
From Christopher Eccleston
Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.
Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.
Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can.
My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!
Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.
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