Quotes from Jonny Lee Miller

I get things in my head every once in a while and decide I must experience them, no matter how ridiculous.

For me, the most satisfying time to work with people, and time when it really works, is when you work with directors that are into the truth of any sort of situation.

I'm glad I don't live in Primrose Hill any more. I couldn't even walk through the park. You never invite that kind of attention.

I've never taken myself too seriously, I'm not into that.

It takes a lot to shock me.

It sounds so incredibly selfish, but you just can't earn the same money doing theater as you can doing television and film. I know that's awful, but you get a mortgage and a family, and suddenly, paying that seems quite important.

It's very strange to become a character: the lines get blurred, and you start to sort of, I don't know, take it home too much?

I try to avoid talking about my personal life, but I certainly don't get angry about it - I just don't talk about it.

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that.

Attention to detail - Sherlock certainly has that, and my memory is pretty good - but not as good as his.

Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that's what I'm going to do.

I was really unfit for a while, so once I began running, I developed an obsession with it and started feeling really good. Then I thought I'd run a marathon after watching the London Marathon on TV. So I did it and had a good time. And then I ended up doing a bunch, and I was like, 'What if I could go further?' So I found out about Ultra Marathons.

I am constantly disappointing people up in Scotland by not being Scottish!

If people know too much about you, I think you become a little less interesting as an actor - your job is to fool people.

You're always looking for good scripts and when they're not always forthcoming you go mad.

Theater is just so much more satisfying than film or television just because you deliver the whole thing from start to finish in one evening, and you can tell if people have enjoyed it or not. That's great to do every night to go in front of a full room of people and tell the story. There's nothing like that really.

You don't sign up to 'Trainspotting' expecting glamour.

If I thought of myself as a movie star, I'd be an idiot. I don't know anyone who thinks like that. I don't even know movie stars who think like that.

If you're serious about what you're doing, you've got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won't reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.

I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

Even when you're producing difficult material and you get emotional, after it you feel good; you feel like you've done a good job, or had an emotional release. I've always enjoyed that, but you go home and think, that was a good day's work, and you move on.