Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous than we are led to believe.

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so its amusing that people like it!

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I love being grungy and dirty.

The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.

Perfect God, Prince of Peace.

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.

If peace came it would have to do so when there had been time to allow the hatred to grow out of people’s thinking.

A day without someone to hold you or a day without someone to share, is a day easily forgotten.’ - Vera Richardson in Mr Alhourani's Dead Man's Spots

If you can drink beer while doing it, it's not a sport

I'm very proud of my Scottish blood.

Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal

If poverty was to be sold three cents today, i can't buy it.

The problem with human beings is that they can't sit alone in a room for more than an hour.

Education is the foundation of success. Just as scholastic skills are vitally important, so are financial skills and communication skills.