I like television that grabs you by your throat.

When you're dealing with killing people and things that are upsetting, that can be a delicate place to occupy yourself for a day.

We start off wearing frilly shirts and britches and being good guys and the heroes. And then as time goes on, every English actor ends up playing bad guys. That's what we do.

I think the James Bond thing has sailed. But of course I would want to be a Bond villain. They are great parts. I think it's highly unlikely, but one can always dream.

Somebody doing something effortlessly is a lovely thing to watch.

Im not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

I think the older I get, the less I should be doing.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

… human needs are finite, but human greed is not …

And Im happy that Im not super skinny.

Satire always benefits when evil and stupidity collide.

Regardless of the day or the hour; whether in seeming good times or bad, the Christian lives in the world for the good of the world and for the sake of the world.

Nothing can give you greater joy than doing something for another.

It's easier to list Hollywood and TV people who don't have a radio show now, take less time to do that than to list those who do.

Failure is not the outcome - failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

If political correctness has achieved one thing, it’s that it has made the Conservative party cloak their inherent racism behind more creative language

The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.

Meat-eaters make every day a 9/11 for animals in slaughterhouses.