Michelle Fairley

I remember watching 'The Wire,' because I absolutely adored 'The Wire,' and there were so many secret layers within that drama, and it was just fantastic.

You have no idea what you get involved in when you start a role. You just hope that it's going to be successful.

As an actor you accept that you have to publicise what you do, but as for the whole personal life thing that people sometimes choose, no, that's not for me.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.