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

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.'

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

I never get recognised.

I'm actually just an actor.

People's minds are overloaded with information.

If size really mattered, a match wouldn’t be able to set a forest on fire.

For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

The saddest day in Pixar history was when some guy said 'get Larry the Cable Guy on the phone.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a certain amount of sexism - I mean the proprietary nature, for men and women.

I cannot stress the importance of pausing to take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It's simple and effective.

To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.

If young children boo me, that makes my day.

Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.