Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip is not always the best.

You must have a twinkle in your eye, a naughtiness - and the audience must realize your mind is working faster than your words.

The most important thing when you're working with greatness is to learn from it, not challenge it.

To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. Without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long ago. I hope the series shows how important friendship is.

Holmes has become the dark side of the moon for me. He is moody and solitary and underneath I am really sociable and gregarious. It has all got too dangerous.

Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes.

The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very difficult to play, or even indicate.

I think the greatest star in American at the moment is Kevin Costner.

I'm not looking and I don't go hunting. I'm the type who's got to be found.

I meditate and do yoga. I sit cross-legged and try not to levitate too much.

Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight.

I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard.

There is no greater burden than great potential.

I went to jail. I looked like one of those savings-and-loan guys leaving the jail house.

There comes a time when you have to drop your burdens in order to fight for yourself and your dreams.

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

People only hate what they see in themselves.

You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.

The Ego ages... the Soul evolves... and to the Awareness, nothing happened!

The door to the soul is unlocked; you do not need to please the doorkeeper, the door in front of you is yours, intended for you, and the doorkeeper obeys when spoken to.

The difference between good design and great design is INTELLIGENCE