I'm a total Luddite when it comes to gadgets and technology.
Shaun Evans
I'm a big reader. And I take a lot of pictures, do a lot of writing.
Don't be losing sleep over tiny things. Life is complicated enough.
I've been dumped plenty of times, I can assure you of that.
I watch Channel 4 News every day. I love it. I rarely watch any other news programme. There's just something about it - and I'm not talking about Jon Snow's ties and socks, but I appreciate those, too.
Acting is an amazing job. I'm very lucky to do it, and when you're working with terrific people, telling stories you care about, and know it reaches an audience who care about it, too, there is an escapism in that.
I've got the biggest crush on Patti Smith.
Part of being alive is dying as well.
Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate.
I think when you're in the middle of a piece of work, there are things that bleed over into your life. You're spending a large portion of your day pretending to be somebody else, to tell somebody else's story.
I think the trick is to leave before everyone is sick of you!
My brother and I loved 'ThunderCats' and Robin Williams coming out of an egg in 'Mork & Mindy.' At the time, I thought it was funny, but looking back, it was a crazy concept!
If you love people, tell them you love them.
In Liverpool, where I live, we have a brilliant library which has been refurbished, and I like going there.
When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh.
While I try and give as much energy, enthusiasm and detail to any work I do, if I keep coming back to it, to the same people year after year, there's an attachment. But you don't want anything to become comfortable.
I think until you reach your mid-30s, there's either a real acceptance of where you are or a resignation of where you are.
With all due respect, I have a job to do, and that is to try and make 'Endeavour' the best it can be.
I don't really think of myself as the sporty type. But I'll have a go at anything.
Ultimately, my boss is the audience.
I used to have an aunty who read tea leaves. She was incredibly accurate.
I just don't really like starting a job if I don't know where it finishes. I want to know where something begins and ends so that you can invest something in it.
If I can be dead honest with you, when I first see the script for a new episode of 'Endeavour,' if anything jars, I say, 'What's this? Has it got a place in our story?' And if it hasn't, it has to go.
There is no point in being lazy.
I want people of my generation who've never seen 'Endeavour' before to enjoy this series.
I don't think you can work properly if you have anxiety about something; it stops you doing the work you're paid to do.
You can make films, and often, they get released on four screens in the U.K. Although it's been interesting and good for you, if no one's seen it, what's the point?
It's good for a story to have a strong style.
Everyone brings their top game to Endeavour. We're very lucky. I'm glad people love it because that's our intention.
I think it's a falsehood to think you can have some kind of plan. Acting isn't like that, it's more vocational, I think.
I think it is OK to surprise people.
I'm just lucky to be working; I'm not trying to leave a legacy.
I'm delighted to be working on 'Casualty.' It's a terrific cast and crew, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity.
I don't do any social media. I'm not on Facebook or Twitter. I'm just not interested.
It helps to be more interested in other people than you are in yourself. Inhabiting other characters is what I do.
I guess I've always been something of an outsider.
As a kid, I was always more interested in watching others than being the centre of attention. I've always felt that you can see a lot more and learn a lot more when you're standing on the edge.
I think it's important to live your life the way you want to live it. Don't live your life in fear.
Loner heroes do appeal to that part of yourself that feels as though your genius hasn't been recognised.
If you put too much pressure on the idea of people watching you, it stops you being able to watch people.
I don't understand 'The Only Way Is Essex' and 'Made in Chelsea': the way they pretend there's no camera. I cannot fathom the attraction.
