Andrew Lincoln

Just to have the opportunity to play an American in America is a dream come true for me. ”

Having children was a revelation - it's like going through a doorway, and everything is different forever. ”

The thing that I love about Rick Grimes is that he pulls himself off the canvas even when he has been pummeled to the ground so many times. And either he gets up by himself - he drags himself up - or he is helped up by loved ones around him. ”

Guilt is never very far from Rick Grimes' shoulder. It comes with the package. He's a man who takes his responsibilities very heavily, not lightly. ”

I dispute the idea that we turn into our parents. These children who have come into my life are unique beings. I don't think I am teaching my children anything, frankly. I think they are teaching me. ”

I would find myself getting deeply distressed if I lived in hindsight all the time. ”

You never think about your own mortality. At least not until your back gives way when you're 40. ”

In western culture, we have ignored death. We're running the other way - everything is about life and youth. So, there's something resonant about walking around with our own death masks. Zombies are the visible embodiment of death staring at us with our own faces. ”

I've always wanted to work in America because of those brilliant east-coast political movies of the '70s and '80s - great scripts, wonderful performances, gritty urban parable. ”

My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent. ”