“People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, ...” — Ioan Gruffudd Quote

“People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with.”

“I grew up in Aberdare and some of the nicest beaches close by were at Tenby and Saundersfoot.”

“I defy any British actor to deny they've not stood in front of the mirror and said: 'Bond, James Bond.'”

“Yeah, I like to keep myself interested - I'll kind of throw myself into some area that I don't completely know or understand, that I'm not adept at, so I'm forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There's a good feeling that comes from that.”

“Mubarak was adept, as were many other U.S.-backed dictators, at playing the sane middle to the 'lunatics with beards' he so often used as bogeymen to guarantee the support of foreign allies.”

“The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.”