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I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

Right after I left drama school, I had a job.

I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I was Drama Club President every year, and then I auditioned for conservatory acting programs.

I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

I used to teach acting in a maximum security men's prison. I worked with guys with the most dysfunctional behavior problems. I probably learned more there than from my prestigious theater degree.

I was quite young when I went to a drama workshop. I was around 9 or 10. I showed interest in it. I never saw it as a career. At around 16, I knew what I wanted to do.

I was a drama major through college.

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.

I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I was strong and could lift things, I could move scenery about.