I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. The fun is not that much different from doing a television show: You're stuck with a certain set of rules, and then, rather than trying to break them, it's just trying to peel away and see what's underneath them. That to me is really fun.

I always tend to think just left of center, to remove myself from the world by one step. It is very freeing, and it's a particular way of coming at stories and looking at them that I find the most beautiful stuff that I know comes from, ultimately.

Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.

I didn't watch a lot of American television growing up. I just liked to read a lot and watch movies - movies, movies, and more movies. My family used to make fun of me because I'd like every movie I saw.

At a time when the GOP is playing games with the debt limit, a member of the Supreme Court is refusing to recuse himself from matters he has a financial interest in, and middle class incomes are stagnant, many want to change the subject. I don't. This was a prank, and a silly one. I'm focused on my work.

Confidence, capital, and credit fuel entrepreneurship and economic expansion.

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.