A solitary child growing up in Africa, you're really quite dependent on books.

Faith is not a rational thing, and yet to understand the universe, rationality alone will not give it to us. Our understanding of the universe must transcend the rational.

The word 'career' and 'actor' really don't fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.

The universe starts off with the Big Bang theory, and the first thing that emerged from the Big Bang is essentially hydrogen and then helium. And that's what combusts in stars. Finally, stars implode, and they build heavier elements out of that. And those heavier elements are reconstituted in the heart of other stars, eventually.

I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.

Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.

For me everything in life is just basic - really simple, down-to-earth. I am a total family person.

I've been watching 'Luther' since the beginning. My family adore it, too, so it was like a passion project for me.