Damian Lewis

I'm not very good at strategizing. ”

My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me. ”

My kids think America is swimming pools on the roof, screening rooms, and hot dogs. They love it here. ”

If you have the same drive and passions that everybody else has - for example, if you're trying to do the right thing for your family and do the right thing for people you employ - then you can be forgiven quite a lot. ”

I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way. ”

I love playing sport. ”

I had no ambition to go to America and be in a TV show. It's not like I've rejected something or decided that I've found something better. Your life just takes you off in strange and different directions. ”

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part. ”

Having been on a private jet only two or three times, it's one of life's great luxuries. ”

I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life. ”