I get claustrophobic in a harness. I'd be a terrible superhero.

What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

I'm no good at anecdotes.

It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'

I tend to get cast as a certain type of quiet, almost introverted person who's strong on the inside, but the characters are so very different I don't see it as any kind of typecasting.

L.A. is brilliant, but however long my trip is I'm always ready to leave. But New York I'm never quite happy to see the back of.

It's that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind of impact a TV series has. Once you're in people's living rooms, that's it. There's no hiding place.

It can get a bit boring working on accents.

I've done TV and I've done film, and I'm not snobby about it. It's about the project.

I'm so not a celebrity.

I love that thing on Amazon that you can go on and order a book, and you click on it and it says, 'You might also like,' or 'Other people who bought this have bought that.

When will you be brave enough to recognize your success story?

Hey Assbutt!

I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower.

A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr.

Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).

I don't remember ever not knowing about acting.

I'm hoping that the suspension of the space program is just that, a suspension, and that it's not the final say in the matter, because I think we need it.

O King of glory, though you hide your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving you honor without cease.

Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost.