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You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask.

If you fear phantoms, you're like a child frightened of seeing things in the dark.

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now.

I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.

I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character isn't actually quite often the means by which an actor overcomes his own terror of standing there onstage and creating a mask to hide behind.

I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer.

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.