People love solving puzzles, and you always love it when somebody smarter than you is solving puzzles.

There's a new television generation coming in every five or 10 years, and the classic stories stand up to being redone.

There's always a crisis somewhere, and you get the satisfaction of solving the problem. And then, there's always the mystery of whether a program will work or not, and waiting for the reviews or seeing what the audience figures are.

When complicated characters aren't well drawn, they're boring.

Sometimes, the actors are thrilled to have visitors because they're just waiting most of the day. It's the directors that are a little busy.

To be a working actor in England is a life. I think it's harder in this country. Either you are a superstar or a starving actor.

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.