Quotes from Shaun Evans

I've got the biggest crush on Patti Smith.

I don't do any social media. I'm not on Facebook or Twitter. I'm just not interested.

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 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 want people of my generation who've never seen 'Endeavour' before to enjoy this series.

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.

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.

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.

Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate.

I guess I've always been something of an outsider.

It's good for a story to have a strong style.

Part of being alive is dying as well.

I'm just lucky to be working; I'm not trying to leave a legacy.