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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

I learned really valuable lessons from 'Blue's Clues.' I'd repeat them every day. 'You can do things. You are smart.'

Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.

I'm always studying and I've been doing it for a long time now.

Forensics I've always found absolutely fascinating. Anything to do with clues. And checking things out and solving.

At the beginning of every semester, I ask my graduate students whether there is something I should read that will help me understand their work.

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.

Someone with 4As at A-level from Eton may look good on paper and come across as very smooth, but push a bit more, and often you get the impression they have learned to pass exams rather than think for themselves.

I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors.

I remember trying to explain the class system to a Canadian friend when we started at RADA. The funniest thing was when I told her what bonfire night is all about. It's quite dark when you start breaking it down.