I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

I have sleepless nights before press days.

I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.

I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.

It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.

Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.

Whatever I'm doing, I try to give it everything.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

No, I always wanted to be an actress.

He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard.

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

A new survey shows that the American public is more conservative now than at any point since 1952. The bad news is that all the liberals that died since then are still voting.

Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.

No matter how you travel, it's still you going.

Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful.

How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

I do not believe in the Cinema verite. Sometimes a really good lie is better than any truth.

I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.