“[Playing] the bad guys tend to be fascinating. Figuring out what makes them do the things they do is what interests me.”

I get to play out all kinds of bad behavior without anyone actually coming to harm.

I think having the opportunity to get inside the skin of people that operate outside the law and normal moral and ethical restraints, and then to go home afterwards leaving them on set, is pretty cathartic.

For me, if the writing and – by extension – the subject matter and the characters are all good, it doesn’t matter if it’s film or TV. Each medium has great things going for it.

I like people and I like hearing their stories. The way that they deliver them is always very particular and I think that their accents are integral to that.

There’s something special about being on film sets; there’s an excitement; the people in every department are passionate about what they do.

As a younger actor coming up, I wanted to be in films.

You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book

What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.

Every relationship is an experiment and what one learns from it is so fascinating.

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity!

I studied how to mine a landfill and what to plant in it. It’s fascinating because you learn a new field each time.

Berger poses many fascinating questions, including this one: What if companies had mission questions rather than mission statements? This is a book everyone ought to read – without question.

I find it fascinating to see other people’s photos on social media but I don’t upload pictures myself. I don’t even know how to. I’m completely digital-phobic.