I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.

It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.

You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.

I'd lived in LA for two years and I said to my agent that I wouldn't do any more network TV, because my family and I had just made the decision to live in England. It would be a whole year in LA shooting network TV.