Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're comparing it to.

If you spend any time on the shooting of a drama, for television or movies, it's very slow and there's a lot of standing around.

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

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

Theres just a big group of actors in London. There are new ones coming in all the time, who are looking for work, and established actors who are interested in working and like to work. To be a working actor in England is a life.

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

I love mysteries on television – the more psychologically complex the better.