Interview in The Fountain, Uni of Cambridge Magazine

Three Trinity College storytellers - Ruper Goold OBE, me, and director John Haidar - talk about finding inspiration, next chapters, and the future of the arts in a post-pandemic world.

Q: What advice would you give to aspiring writers, actors, and directors?

Keep notes! Document what you notice, what you read, people with unusual habits, good stories from the pub, what you made of a film you just saw. My Mum calls it ‘the compost heap’. Actors, the best thing you can do is know who you are and what you’re about, to prepare for an industry that will try to define you.

Because so much – what job you get, where you work, when you work – is out of your hands, knowing yourself will serve you well. That and how to do your accounts.