I'm useless scrabbling around at home. I get on everyone's nerves, including my own. I'm not very good at amusing myself.

I'm a very good packer, but I probably take too much in the way of toiletries. You only really need a toothbrush, as most places you go to have a bar of soap and some shampoo.

I could do Daniel Day-Lewis's job as well as him.

Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working.

There is a guilty pleasure in being rude and knowing that it's acting rather than you. But you get the same release as if you were being rude in life.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

It suits me to be in a series that takes ages to film.

I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point.

I once blurted out that I found it impossible to bond with my son Winston because I was too tired. I mean how bloody awful does that sound? What a tosser!

I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.

The power of turning your life around lays in your ability to unleash your personal powers to accomplish it”.

When you know yourself—your strengths, joys, limitations, and fears—you can live in truth and transparency in all areas of your life.

I was trying to spare her any further stress(...)I wasn’ttrying to be deceitful.

It's everywhere, really. It's between the galaxies. It is in this room. We believe that everywhere that you have space, empty space, that you cannot avoid having some of this dark energy.

Men lie the most. Men lie all the time.

It seems dangerous to be a portrait artist who does commissions for clients because everyone wants to be flattered, so they pose in such a way that there's nothing left of truth.

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’

Always be your husband's best friend, make him laugh and give him a little bit of freedom - you can't suffocate him.

In life we have decisions to make, paths to take and opportunities to take advantage of.