Becoming a parent gives you access to a whole world of feeling. It gives you a much stronger sense of life and death: becoming a father made me realise my own mortality.

I'm a very good packer, but I probably take too much in the way of toiletries. You only really need a toothbrush, as most places you go to have a bar of soap and some shampoo.

I could do Daniel Day-Lewis's job as well as him.

Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working.

There is a guilty pleasure in being rude and knowing that it's acting rather than you. But you get the same release as if you were being rude in life.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

It suits me to be in a series that takes ages to film.

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

I once blurted out that I found it impossible to bond with my son Winston because I was too tired. I mean how bloody awful does that sound? What a tosser!

I'm useless scrabbling around at home. I get on everyone's nerves, including my own. I'm not very good at amusing myself.

Go West young man and grow up with the country.

I have to do what I'm supposed to do with my life. Don't think less of me.

Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym.

People simply don't make eye contact anymore.

Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?

So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that media violence is causing the drop in crime rates?

Overachievers don't think reasonably, sensibly, or rationally.

All just order in the world is based on this, that man give man what is his due.

Imagine the world we would live in if we dared to see all of life as sacred - unconditionally.

Steve Lawson is a brilliant musician. I've known about him and listened to him for many years. He may not be one of the most famous bassists but he is definitely one of the most talented.