The standard of writing that I'm getting now from 'Big Finish' compares very favourably with some of the stuff I was doing on screen in the '80s.

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.

When a person screams in pain, the actual pain is only half the noise they make. The other half is the terror at being forced to accept that they exist.

Being a celebrity, you always get really good seats to sporting events, but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports.

What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.

History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.

I can unequivocally tell you I would not have sent my kid to the Iraq war.

I hate myself because I am not beautiful. I hate myself because I am fat.

We have to keep transforming ourselves to stay relevant for the future.

My aim has been to expound Scripture and to expound Scripture in such a way that I do not set one Scripture over against another.

The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.

I love pop music. Who doesn't?