When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills.
“I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people apply every year, and some of the schools only have 12 places. It's a phenomenally difficult thing to get into. And that excited me - I wanted that challenge.”