I've always wanted to play more comic parts.

I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch The Wire. Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it.

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

I think I've got a funny face.

Since I got married my wife doesn't really let me wear anything that I used to because she says I have no taste at all.

I'm not a great fan of green screen. It's not much fun for actors. It's great for directors and technical people and cameramen.

You've got to grab every opportunity that comes up.

The kiss always gets a hell of a reaction.

Even though I'm English, I've all my life been heavily exposed to American television and culture in general.

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon.

She stepped back, staring up into my eyes. “You’ve given me hope.” She ran her hand up my chest. “I don’t know how to thank you for that.”I grinned. “You can start by taking my calls.

We will remember the way things used to be, and teach our children to be better than us. The generations that follow will remember with us. In that day, we will all be free

It was the kind of storm that suggests the whole sky has swallowed a diuretic.

Liberal Christians are distinguished by how much moral and intellectual ground they can concede to the adversaries of Christianity.

My grandmother taught me to knit, and as I knit, my mind returns to my childhood.

The policy of adapting one's self to circumstances makes all ways smooth.

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.

Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today.

Lizzing is a combination of laughing and whizzing.

The case for meat-eaters - if eating meat is a sin, then why are some plants carnivorous?