You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.

We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can.

In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.

It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.

All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.

I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.