I'm pretty excited about the state of TV these days. There's great opportunity for really complicated relationships, in a way that I don't really see as much in movies anymore.

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

A room full of hundreds, let alone thousands, of people is not my most fun thing in the world.

I try not to be too profane around children or old people. Other than that, that's how I speak.

I just want to play strong characters, whatever that is in.

I'm not interested in a pretty world. It's boring to me.

If you're lucky enough to get to play a character for a long time, it's life-changing.

As actors, we're a little faster than other people, with breaking down the walls.

Like the bronze statue of the Angel of the Waters, those who pursue perfection find themselves paralysed by the possibility of flaw, fault or failure.

Least said, soonest mended, " Toby quipped, quoting a saying Jess often used.

Why understand when you can believe?

Good Night Sweet Prince and a flight of angels sing to thy rest.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

I'd love to play more challenging roles, characters that would stretch my comfort zone and imagination.

Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion two sides of the same coin.

To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction.

I didn't ask to be Thom Yorke. Thom Yorke asked to be me.

I am a moralist. I worry.