I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

I don't know how people chew gum all day long.

I ended my Twitter account a week after I got on the show. I felt like, "This is not a good tool for me to keep my narcissism at bay," so I cut it off.

I personally love a cliffhanger - I think it just extends the pleasure of viewing.

The truth is I quite like to dress in jeans and a woolly jumper.

Every role that you play comes with its own set of challenges.

I'm a black belt in tae kwon do.

The way that being on the job works on your adrenaline highs and the crashes that come after the adrenaline highs. It really takes over your life.

I'd lean more toward werewolves. Wolves are cool.

You get used to falling in love with people and having to let them go.

My mother is French, my father is Texan.

A plan is worthless unless you review it on a regular basis.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

All of my novels are democracies.

Human rights takes history out of justice.

I love to decorate and redecorate. Now it's called interior design, but the term decorating is fine with me.

Like the railroads that brought us together in the 19th century, these trails will bring us together in the 20th and 21st centuries. (at launch of the National Millennium Trails Program, 1999)

I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,' and I said, 'Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.'

I always think coming out is something that you do for people who really deserve it. It should be.

Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.

There's nothing more heart-breaking than watching your children suffer.