If you have the same drive and passions that everybody else has - for example, if you're trying to do the right thing for your family and do the right thing for people you employ - then you can be forgiven quite a lot.

Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.

There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.

It's such an overused phrase: 'to be part of the conversation.' But it's true. It is nice to be part of the conversation - just be sure they are talking about you in the right way.

I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.

My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.

We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.

I'm not averse to telling people off.

I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.

I've been careful to work with good people on interesting material, mostly.