We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer?

I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him.

There is no more final end than death.

I'm not an instinctive actor.

We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer?

I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.

Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him.

We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong.

In the same way he's fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on.

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.

Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide.

My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill.

What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home.

I assume you know what to do with this. That's why you were hired.

The last dog I had was an Irish wolfhound - now that is a dog. Rather spoils a person for a lesser canine, that is, anything under a hundredweight.

Insanity is hereditary you get it from your kids.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of research before I see a show - on the history of previous productions (if it's a revival) and the creative team.

I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.

We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

When I did 'E.T.,' it sort of solidified the only family I know are these film crews. These gypsies. These filmmakers. That was the solidification and the clicking revelations of 'This is what I want to do with my life and this is where I'm going to survive.'

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

There have been times when I played more than others, but I've been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I've always played golf on the road because you have a lot of time to kill.

Mining is the art of exploiting mineral deposits at a profit. An unprofitable mine is fit only for the sepulcher of a dead mule.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men women an occasional animal and the common cold.

I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

I want to be able to show people that I have flaws and they have flaws, too. And you know what that means? No one out there is perfect.

My body is my journal and my tattoos are my story.