It's rare to work on a series without a writer. If you have a question about a line, then phone calls have to be made.

I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm, you know?

My first car was in 2006 when I got on my first TV show - a BMW 328i2 four-door sedan in slate grey. That was a great day, that was.

All I do is watch TV and films, and when I'm not doing that, I'm making them. I need a hobby!

You know I hate watching myself on TV, I know a lot of actors say that, but it's true for me.

It's a blessing to be paid to be in paradise. The Hawaiian people are so friendly.

I'm quadracontinental. I've got a life in London, New York, L.A. and Hawaii.

I'm incredibly cheesy. I'm all about happy endings and all of that.

I do accents. Sometimes when I've had a few drinks, I speak in different accents all night long, and then at the end of an evening someone will say to me, 'Seriously, where are you from?'

I never did any sports at school. It wasn't until I moved to America, to New York, when I was about 20 that I actually thought that if I wanted to be an actress I might have to start working out.

Actors who say they don't watch TV are stupid. I was raised by TV! And it's how I research for auditions.

The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end.

Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out.

Every time you sit down to meditate, you have to sit down with a resolve to win. You are going to sit there and will your mind to be happy, quiet and still.

The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.

[On Italy:] ... the country where kindness to strangers is a religion, you can't turn your head without seeing something beautiful, and you can't get a bad meal if you try.

I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me.

For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.

O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, 1710. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?