When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.

New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.

The aesthetic came along the way, I think - just through experimenting, and going on tour, and trying stuff out on stage, having fun with it, and not taking it too seriously. If I had a ballgown at home, I'd wear it onstage. If I found something in a charity shop, I'd wear it. That's where it grew from - just wanting to play dress-up.

Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.