Are there any celebs I'd like to meet? I'd love to meet the Dalai Lama.

Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.

I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.

If I won the lottery,I would love to buy an airfield and populate it with enthusiasts like myself, and old airplanes.

It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.

The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.

I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.

I hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across.

I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland.

The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.

My mother may no longer be (if she ever was) a mast to which I can rope myself. But I fear the loss of Lesley. Without her observance, and her sturdy presence, I would feel windblown.

When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman

What is important - what I consider success - is that we make a contribution to our world.

Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.

A popular saying in Alderson went as follows: 'They work us like a horse, feed us like a bird, treat us like a child, dress us like a man - and then expect us to act like a lady.

One more thing: don't spend too much time merely reading. The best part of this work is the play, so play and enjoy!

Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world?

May I ask your name, my lady? Or perhaps angels have no names, only beautiful faces.

The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue—it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the truth you already know.

A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.