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My dad was a different bloke to me and not very nice to my mum, although I never judge him. If you did, you'd become one of those people who is all-consumed by a fault in their past. And I haven't got the time for it.

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

Unlike my mother, who was unashamedly delighted when I decided to become an actor, I always feel that my father, had he lived longer, might have been a touch disapproving of some of my career - I think he might have tutted a bit at 'Men Behaving Badly.'

Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.

It's hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my father's equal in any way.

I'm just a pretty regular dad.

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

I'm turning into a stricter dad.

I think you need something to take care of in order to figure out who you are as a person, and in that way, being a dad has levelled me out more than anything. You've just got to be good for that person no matter what's going on in your head that day.

Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.