I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other people. You kind of have to learn a bit about yourself so you can work out how we all behave and why we do the things we do.

You just grow up and learn to think instead of just feel.

You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor I want to be.

Healthy love, I always think, is... wanting the person you love to be more of themselves. And I think for a parent that's a challenge, because you have to let a baby spread its wings.

Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.

I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room.

I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing your costume underneath your own clothes! I suppose things are always ticking away in the back of your mind.