I'm a huge fan of The Sopranos, and suddenly, you find yourself going one-to-one with this guy who you've been watching for years, watching every flicker in his eye and every detail on his face.

I wish I'd known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth.

Keep going and don't give up. You're doing wonderfully. You'll know how to fly this thing eventually.

I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty.

I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC.

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.

I found American actors quite scary because they're brilliant actors and brilliantly funny, and they never stopped once you wound them up... off they went and they just deliver fantastic stuff.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

Every viewer who ever turned on Doctor Who has taken him into his heart. He belongs to all of us.

The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

Love and gratitude offers courage.

Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder.

I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.

Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

Most fan have been like, "You're a monster, you give me nightmares, don't talk to me."

Each story has a different approach for me and I try to work with lighting that will tell you visually the story better than if it was shot in available light.