One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

We start off wearing frilly shirts and britches and being good guys and the heroes. And then as time goes on, every English actor ends up playing bad guys. That's what we do.

If you're going to lead people, you better know how to manipulate people, and you have to be pretty smart to be able to do that.

I like television that grabs you by your throat.

Acting gives me a chance to be people I will never be, in real life. I like changing who I am.

I like doing things that are very wildly different. I find that the meat and vegetables of being an actor is doing things that are completely different, all the time.