Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.

I have to work hard to be punctual, to not lose my temper, take direction and be told what to do - and most of all listen rather than talk.

I've always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.

I haven't had a lot of 'Games Of Thrones' groupies. The fans seem to be really nice. They don't seem that invasive.

There wasn't a lot of discipline in my life, and I hated it being imposed on me at school.

I'm so computer illiterate, I barely know how to send an e-mail. I mean, I have a laptop and Gmail, but I don't really look at it much.

I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.

What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.

A lot of people have the misconception that I decided to become an actor when Lily became famous and have accused me of jumping on her bandwagon. But that's completely untrue.

I swiftly discovered that there are few things in DIY (and possibly life) that can't be solved with a large mallet, a bag of ten-centimetre nails and some swearing.

I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were done 'for the Fatherland'.

The rabbi glanced over glumly from behind the jail bars. 'My faith in God is fine, ' he said. 'It's people I'm not so sure about.

To every soul you encounter, be a mirror, which reflects only their beauty.

When Garri Kasparov wrestles with his conscience, he always wins. It's what he's best at.

Life is good, after all...and that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland.

It's funny how you can struggle with one piece and write a better one in a minute. When things come easy, it means it's good.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Sometimes I would make myself very still and try to imagine myself dead. I tried to invoke the feeling of the very last breath I would take.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.