I am a qualified civil engineer but academics never attracted me as I was a sleepoholic when I was in college.
I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.
I need to develop a car and engineer a car in a position that feels comfortable for me, and I don’t think anyone can do a better job than I can in that position. The problem for me is if I can’t get the car there I do struggle more than some.
My mother was a consulting dietician, and my father was a consulting engineer.
I’m actually an engineer.
I’m the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical engineer until I went to the theatre for the first time at 16 and was blown away by it.
My dad was an electrical engineer.