Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

Cumberbatch - it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn't it? What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn't keen on me keeping it.

There is a reason that the words natural, wholesome, and organic resonate throughout our culture today. Aim to be natural and truly who you are one-hundred percent of the time.

Your obsession determines what you pay attention to. Your observations are limited to the focus of your mind.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

I work on fittings, mostly. You know, I sketch less and less in my work. I sketch for the show sometimes, but then it becomes more conceptual. But when I don't sketch, it becomes more pragmatic.

I think temperament is my single greatest asset.

He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.

If you love language, it will love you back.

If your life works, and you work in it, then it’s okay, whatever is happening is okay.

Things always work out for me because I do whatever I want without worrying about the consequences.

There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing.