“One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a comple...” — James Purefoy Quote

“One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.”

“I do know Joe Lansdale has the most extraordinary voice you've ever heard in your life in terms of an accent that, when I started doing it, they had to go, 'Whoa, we need less.' But that's how he talks.”

“Playing Mark Antony in 'Rome' will always be a favourite of mine because he was such an outrageously big and interesting character to play. Also, the fact that we were able, with that character, to find out and present the public with a biography of that man that had not been really seen before.”

“When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster ride, responding to other actors, it feeds you.”

“It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable.”

“I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.”