Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It's not the time that matters, it's the person.

I still am a geek, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I see no shame in having an unhealthy obsession with something.

I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.

I've always been a geek and slightly awkward… slightly umm… I was never the cool kid at school.

If you speak in a different accent, you begin to move in a slightly different way. You think in a slightly different way. It's part of trying to find what makes a character.

To have someone who's got a strong individual voice that is allowed to be heard is quite increasingly rare. These people need to be cherished.

I think if my eight-year-old self could see me at the Royal Albert Hall winning a prize for playing the Doctor on telly, he would need a stiff shot of Irn-Bru.

Moths are the ones that freak me out. It's something to do with the way that, if they get squashed, they turn to dust. There's something very wrong about that. It all feels a bit Gothic.

It's very hard to be objective about something you're in, especially when you set it up against things that you experienced as a child.

How galling to watch someone who looks like you, who basically is you, do all the shagging you didn't get to do.

I mean, you know, while I'm acting on stage I'm ranking quite high, but in a room with Barack Obama I'm probably into negative digits. I never feel very famous.

Is there any pure pleasure like praying?

Bad stuff happens, people are mean, there are no steps you can take that ensure the world leaves you alone. All you can do is try not to be one of those people who contributes to the bad.

Never forget that each woman is, as a hole in a pocket, which no one can repair, and close that.

When its dark enough you can see the stars.

You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.

One function of the angels is illumination, and the other function is that of being a guardian.

Don't be so concerned with your rights that you forget your manners.

I'm much more introspective than I was, say, thirty years ago.

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

Took your car, drove to Texas. Sorry honey, but I suspected, you and I can't cry anymore.