I Don't Really Have Plans Like That

I Like To Relish Words And Sentences, And Phraseology, And There's Not Much Facility For That [playing Maigret].

I'm Sure That A French Production Of This [maigret Series] Would Be Different. For Better Or Worse, Who's To Say, But Probably Not Very Good For 8 O'clock On Itv.

I'm As Poor As A Church Mouse, That's Just Had An Enormous Tax Bill On The Very Day His Wife Ran Off With Another Mouse, Taking All The Cheese.

Get That Right, Then- If You Get The Quality Right, Then The Marketability Or Whatever; Your Ability To Sell Videos Or Your Ability To Earn Money Or Whatever, Will Follow Naturally. But Try To Be Creatively Lead Rather Than Market Lead. And That's Important To Me.

Loved The Show As A Child And Felt I Could Not Do It Justice. [on Turning Down The Role Of The New Doctor Who