Stephen Root

I'm lucky I get to work a lot.

I'm from New York, so I'm a big Howard Stern fan.

I've been able to do a lot of interesting things.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Live Below the Line raises real money to help the world's poorest people, but it is also a symbolic demonstration aimed at highlighting - not replicating - the plight of the world's poor.