I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business.

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever.

It's not so much a thankless task, it's more a job with no thanks

Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.

I like challenges that test your ingenuity.

I am a big man, but I've allowed my condition to deteriorate by being overweight.

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.

I loathe cheese, it makes me ill.

The waves of time wash us all clean.

I never have reservations about doing anything as long as I'm being paid.

Our Euripides the human, With his droppings of warm tears, and his touchings of things common Till they rose to meet the spheres.

Sorrow is a fruit God does not allow it to grow on a branch that is too weak to bear it.

We only borrow the breaths we take in life. Every breath we borrow we give back, including our last. In the end, no matter how we lived, we all die feeling owed.

I'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm happy with that.

There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser than we once were.

If I were God, I certainly wouldn't want people to love me sentimentally. It's too unreliable.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

The way to get killed around machinery was to take things for granted.

Your life was meant to be epic. Stand up for your best today.

Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.