There is so much wonder and joy in science, about understanding how the world works and why the world is the way it is. It's not just for academics. It is a thing that's available to everyone.

Everything that we know now will be changed in 10 years time.

If you go through life and actually get to find out the thing you want to do, you're very lucky.

I love being in America. I love America. I absolutely adore working in America. I'm at my happiest when I'm in the States.

I've never felt scared of flight, ever. It's really weird. I don't know. They stick a gin and tonic in your hands and I just think, "Life is good!"

When I was acting, as a hobby, I would devour popular science books and keep up-to-date about what was going on in the science community. And then, suddenly my hobby became my job. I didn't one day say, "I'm not acting. I'm now going to be a science person."

I was very much the laymen, trying to find stuff out because I'm curious about the world.