Mark Gatiss

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.

I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem.