[Doctor Cukrowicz] was basically a role where you have two diva actresses - Maggie Smith and Natasha Richardson - and my role was to say, "And then what happened? Tell me more." But I wanted to do it was because a) it was Tennessee Williams, a great writer, and b) it was Richard Eyre, an amazing director. And to work with those two amazing women!

[Maggie Smith] brings new meaning to the phrase "doesn't suffer fools." She has just the most amazing, dry timing of anyone ever, I think. I think everyone's always known about it, but with her resurgence on Downton Abbey, a whole new generation has been introduced to it, which is just great.

My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.

If somebody else is achieving more than I am, that means I can do it, too. Everybody has the ability to raise themselves up, and my life has been marked by that.

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.

You wouldn't want somebody in office who hasn't experienced life.