Martin Compston

I'm a lucky boy. Never wanted for anything; new tracksuit, new pair of football boots. I had a happy childhood.

I've two huge German shepherds who are my boys. They're called Biscuit and Buster, and I love them to bits.

When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It's a status thing.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

It's good for the soul to hear yourself as others hear you, and next time maybe, just maybe, you will not talk so much, so loudly, so brilliantly, so charmingly, so utterly shamelessly foolishly.

How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.