"I think the Cold War works as a great analogy or simile for different kinds of conflict. It's funny, when you look back at it, it's one of the last times that the boundaries were clear. Now, as we see on 'Homeland,' there are no clear boundaries and enemies."

"I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology."

"I'm 33 now and I seem to have hit a fitness plane. Shifting the wobbly bits isn't as easy as it used to be."

"Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we're going out I'll turn up at his house and say, 'I haven't got anything to wear,' and he'll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky."

"Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow."

"There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side."

"It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which uplifts the spirit within us."

"I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy."