Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.

I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.

If I won the lottery,I would love to buy an airfield and populate it with enthusiasts like myself, and old airplanes.

It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.

The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.

I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.

I hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across.

Are there any celebs I'd like to meet? I'd love to meet the Dalai Lama.

I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland.

The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.

Don't let past mistakes make you lose hope of achieving good. Some of those with the worst past have made a great future for themselves.

I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gateBuilt in Jerusalem's wall.

The authentic human has the might of compassion and the creative power to do any manner of good.

We all have a relentless yearning to attach and connect, to love and be loved. This relationship hunger is the fiercest longing of the human soul.

There is light in the world, and it is us!

Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.

We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,-our retrospection will be all to the future.

Rosencrantz: Shouldn't we be doing something--constructive? Guildenstern: What did you have in mind? ... A short, blunt human pyramid...?