And there are lots of moments when I think, ‘What am I doing as an actor? I can’t act!’

You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior.

Because youve done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

If youre going to kiss a man, let it be a beautiful man like Ed Speleers.

It's not just modern-day society that is liberal.

My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who watched and tuned in and loved my evil gayness.

I'm a working class lad.

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.

I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!

When you believe it, you've created it, whatever it is

We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.

The artist is not the transcriber of the world, he is its rival.

I do not believe in the TRANSFER of an individual. I believe in the TRANSFER of entire villages.

Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.

The chakras are very intelligent – they are like the software of the whole computer body.

One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future. If the danger involved in a prediction is not incurred, no consequence follows and the uncertainty principle is not violated.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

I am an American aquarium drinker.

Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.