“At most grounds you're not particularly conscious of the crowd but in ...” — James Haskell Quote

“At most grounds you're not particularly conscious of the crowd but in Cardiff, with the roof closed against a good Welsh team, the noise is impossible to ignore. It can be loud enough to put you off your game and the Welsh undoubtedly possess some of the most passionate fans in the world.”

“When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.”

“If you've got aspirations to be tested to the absolute maximum you want to be in the starting line-up.”

“Unfortunately, there tends to be an easy way of doing things in life and the Haskell way. As a 12-year-old I knocked my front teeth out while chasing a friend in the rain. I'm the type who offers to serve wine at drinks parties and accidentally pours it down one of the guests.”

“It was so important to have stuff outside of rugby so you have a life balance. I took a lot of criticism for that earlier in my career and thank God I ignored what everyone else said and did what I was always going to do.”

“The art of thinking about nothing, you know? It's tough for me not to sit there in a dark room with your eyes closed and not think about different things. So, it's something I have to practice to get better at, but it's a good thing to do.”

“I always thought on my own that what is a huge part of being an actor, or what made me a better actor, was just really living life. Not being closed in on life, but being more open to experiences and to people and taking risks and exposing yourself to things.”

“I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.”

“There is no office now closed to a Jew, including the presidency.”

“Magic is, in its core, introverted and closed; it's the most closed community ever, and I want to change all that and make it more open. If we want things to change, we have to be more open-minded.”

“I live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home.”