No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all. It's the only reason people have heard of me. It's only been a huge, huge, very fortunate bonus.

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.

Passion Has No Paperwork

Mark Zuckerberg was named Time's Person of the Year. I'm sorry if you don't recognize the name. A magazine is something people used to read.

Caballine likes me to be masterful. She calls me her stallion.

I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental.

...think of agriculture as something the grasses did to people to conquer the trees.

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

The notion that the records of government are the property of the people is radically democratic, but it is broken in practice.

For anew Self to be born, hardship is necessary. Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.

Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.

The waterfall winks at every passerby.