I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.

In Downton Abbey, foreplay is basically hanging your clothes up properly

I never get recognised.

I'm actually just an actor.

People's minds are overloaded with information.

Let your life speak volumes holding your words accountable, lest you become just a talking head.

When giving up is not an option, you survive at any cost.

Derivatives - The risk never leaves the system - It finds taker who believes the risk is acceptable....until they lose everything.

People see Archie Bunker everywhere. Particularly girls; poor girls, rich girls, all kinds of girls are always coming up to me and telling me that Archie is just like their dad.

David Sedaris wrote in one of his books that people like to make children into little grown-ups, which to him is about as funny as a dog in sunglasses.

I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they're laughing with me or at me.

I can tweet before going to bed at midnight or 1 and know that they're up and at 'em, and they're going to have to respond.

I'd be more than willing to give names and phone numbers of every makeup artist I worked with.

When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it.