Pretend was a big part of my childhood.
I was always a 'let's pretend' kind of kid.
We really enjoy entertaining our children with characters. We'll act out all of The Wizard of Oz together.
When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be Bond; I used to make up scenarios and irritate my sister and annoy my mother and father pretending to be someone else, so I kind of was already acting when I was a child. I just didn't really know it.
I have three brothers; we've been playing James Bond forever.
I was the youngest of three brothers by five years, so I spent most of my childhood playing alone, being Zorro or some other superhero, doing Lego, watching telly and riding my bike.
I was never one for dolls.
I had a huge interior world as a kid: I'd sit on endless wet holidays in Cornwall playing with paper dolls.
It was like my part-time job as a kid to be an adventurer... in my head. I used to sword-fight in the garden and in the park - with my Nan, of all people, with my Nan who can barely walk! I used to make her run around, and I'd go around destroying these trees and cones and stuff.
When I was in school with my friends and stuff, you always used to put yourself in the situation of footballers of the time and pretend to be them.
