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I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age!

I come from a very working-class background.

The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative.

I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could.

I come from a traditional theater background.

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.

I don't come from a privileged background.

I came from a very poor background. I came from children's homes; I came from a violent family, and against all the odds, I succeeded.