I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.
Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire a sense of the period. And the other thing I think is that an actor lives in the land of imagination.
Faulkner sat in our living room and read from Light in August. That was incredible.

