Let's just say I haven't been keeping up the Gary Barlow persona; I've let loose.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.
After those first two BAFTAs, I didn't really get offered anything, which makes you think, 'Oh, no!' And, after I finished the second series of 'Broadchurch,' nothing came up for six months, which really is a long time, and I got a bit panicky.
Being in 'Coronation Street' is only going to make me a better actor.
I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.
I'm a huge fan of David Hockney. I love the way he keeps reinventing himself.
The Tom Strong thing was totally for the money. I plan to get looser after I finish this Maggie saga.
I deplore the loss of arts on BBC One and Two.
When I left 'Coronation Street,' I wondered if I could ever be lucky enough to work with such a unanimously wonderful company of good people - and I've just come to that good bunch again.
I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that!
I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude.