You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

Cumberbatch - it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn't it? What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn't keen on me keeping it.

There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.

The way that you use your time and your mind will either take you to greater heights or break you in life.

One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue.

He that staies does the businesse.

The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don't require an acetylene torch.

If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice.

All I need is some cool bud and some tasty hanging change-ups, and I'm fine!

The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business.

People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.

Son, feelings are what women have. They come from their ovaries.