The most important thing when you're working with greatness is to learn from it, not challenge it.

I'm not looking and I don't go hunting. I'm the type who's got to be found.

Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip is not always the best.

Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight.

Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes.

I meditate and do yoga. I sit cross-legged and try not to levitate too much.

I've done 33 Sherlock Holmes stories and bits of them are all right. But the definitive Sherlock Holmes is really in everyone's head. No actor can fit into that category because every reader has his own ideal.