I just want to say thank you to everyone who watched and tuned in and loved my evil gayness.

You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior.

Because youve done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

If youre going to kiss a man, let it be a beautiful man like Ed Speleers.

It's not just modern-day society that is liberal.

My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.

I'm a working class lad.

Most actors will tell you that villains are the most interesting to play.

I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!

There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!

I have enough of everything.

Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

If you have patience, then you'll also have love. Patience leads to love.

It sounds crazy, but I promise you it's true; wearing red lipstick really can change the course of a night out

In the end [after the 1905 revolution], Russia gained nothing more than a breathing spell.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance.

Foreign relations is an open book-- generally a checkbook.