I was really lucky for the friends that I had and loved every minute of it. I don't think I was a geek, but I loved the studies and we had a really good theater company at our school.

Art informs life in so many ways, and vice versa.

Every day is different, there's no day that's the same.

If I'm with a group of people, I'm okay, but actually I'm quite a nervous person if I'm just one-to-one with somebody.

There's not much TV these days where you really get that element of surprise. There are so many spoilers all the time.

I think it's the people that you work with who change you the most.

Its impossible to go onto the Tardis set and not play with things and fiddle with dials.

I like period drama because everyone is so restrained, but they have all these emotions raging underneath.

I am a restless person.

I knew when I was 10 that I wanted to act full-time.

To be honest, I don’t think there’s any other show like ‘Doctor Who’ at all.

What await you

If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Don't fall in love with a bonobo, because it's gonna die.

It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.

Cooking can be like foreplay.

Paul Gleason he was a great guy. I loved working with him.

It was tough to get up for teams from the West. This will put a lot of interest back in the game.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Apocalypse has come and gone. We're just grubbing in the ashes.

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be: am an attendant lord, one that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two, advise the prince.