“Isn't it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirk...” — Natalie Dormer Quote

Isn't it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are?

The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.

I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance.

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.

I don't think I'm a genius. Not yet.

Genius doesn't always come in neat packages.

I think Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet' is a work of genius.

I wish I was this dark genius artist - like Richard Pryor or something.

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us.