As an actor, whether I'm playing Othello on stage or David Estes on 'Homeland, ' that ability to give into your imagination is something that I enjoy.

I always get this feeling on my last day of work that I'm never going to work again.

When I think about my children and how different their futures might be as a result of climate change, it makes me determined to do something about it.

Art is all about the experience. I could say I dont really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, Blimey, look at that.

At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.

I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.

For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.

Normally for work I will fly business class.

New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion.

Working at the National Theatre is just wonderful. There is no place like the South Bank on a summer's afternoon.

Forget fashion, dress for comfort and for ease of getting through security, so no hats, belts or unnecessary accessories.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible you are in the driving-seat.

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

Step to this and get shanked up I knocked out so many teeth the tooth fairy went bankrupt

I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.

One is not rich by what one owns, but more by what one is able to do without with dignity.

Paul Scholes is literally on another planet

To green our country, regular people will have to put on hard hats and work boots, roll up their sleeves - and get to work.

The world is wide, full of happenings. Keep this in mind and never believe 'I'm the onlyone who knows.'