Quotes from Shaun Evans

With all due respect, I have a job to do, and that is to try and make 'Endeavour' the best it can be.

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.

In Liverpool, where I live, we have a brilliant library which has been refurbished, and I like going there.

I think it is OK to surprise people.

If you put too much pressure on the idea of people watching you, it stops you being able to watch people.

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.

There is no point in being lazy.

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.

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 used to have an aunty who read tea leaves. She was incredibly accurate.

I'm delighted to be working on 'Casualty.' It's a terrific cast and crew, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity.

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.

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!

I'm a big reader. And I take a lot of pictures, do a lot of writing.

Loner heroes do appeal to that part of yourself that feels as though your genius hasn't been recognised.

It helps to be more interested in other people than you are in yourself. Inhabiting other characters is what I do.

I've been dumped plenty of times, I can assure you of that.

Don't be losing sleep over tiny things. Life is complicated enough.

Everyone brings their top game to Endeavour. We're very lucky. I'm glad people love it because that's our intention.

I'm a total Luddite when it comes to gadgets and technology.

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?

When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh.

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.

I think the trick is to leave before everyone is sick of you!