When you tell people, your world changes, your identity changes and people treat you differently. And then, not only do you have to deal with your own emotional response to what's going on, but you take on everybody else's emotional response.

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

The (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) stories were great, for one. The thing that makes him a remarkable character is how he can withstand all of these different interpretations and different styles and, that's what makes a classic character a classic character; they keep coming back and you see them in a new way every time.

I don't consider myself a celebrity, and I don't consider myself a star.

That's my favorite food group: donut. I love the donut.

I get cold - really cold - when I travel.