I never get recognised.

I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.

In Downton Abbey, foreplay is basically hanging your clothes up properly

I'm actually just an actor.

People's minds are overloaded with information.

The person you think is useless and a nobody today, might be the very person you will need tomorrow. Never look down on anyone.

Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.

I get sometimes; I get lonesome right in the middle of a crowd.

The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.

The law of the harvest is inexorable (impossible to stop or prevent) . As we sow, so shall we reap.

Slang in a woman's mouth is not obscene, it only sounds so.

They (children) are my teachers. I watch them and I learn. It is important for us to try and be like them and imitate them. They are golden.

Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house—do not pass by like a dream.

Once your kids are grown and you know that you're completely healthy, consider canceling your life insurance policy.

When I first saw Spiderman, I had no idea who he was. I later read in an article that he doesn't work much because he only picks projects he believes in.