My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.
Gerald Ford brought to the political arena no demons, no hidden agenda, no hit list or acts of vengeance. He knew who he was, and he didn't require consultants or gurus to change him.
I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going on.
I've never had any big ideas about being the solo.
I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.
I ain't flash. I'm just plain old Shaun, the same as I was when I grew up in South London.
I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.
You know, I still live in my neighborhood. I live in Brooklyn and the same neighborhood, so I don't really get star treatment like that. I'm still Vanessa from the neighborhood.
My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension.
My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.
Whatever I write is coming out of me naturally. There's nothing to prove. Everything has been proven already.
I'm no good at acting. I don't want to do that, and I don't need to do that in life.
I went to the darts, went to the football, had a little pint, no airs and graces. I think that's why I had the fan base I had.
