Quotes from Sean Bean

It is great filming in London. It's difficult, but it looks good. It has its own identity.

Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts.

Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material.

A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point.

I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence.

I spend a fair chunk of time in Los Angeles, and after about ten days of warmth and unbroken clear skies, you start to yearn for a bit of good old British gloom and rain!

Jimmy McGovern - I love his writing, and I'm a big fan of him and Alan Clarke.

I love to be with my kid in Yorkshire. I love it there.

I guess when we're young, we all have that fascination with flying.

Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway.

I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it.

I think we have a perception of transvestites all being the same, as one block. It's not one mass or tribe. Everybody's got a different story.

I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies.

I've been accused of being a bit too keen on my football, not least by my three ex-wives.

I'm very good at keeping a secret.

I don't do much on social media. I don't really want people knowing about my life.

I love creating things, especially out of metal. There's something truly satisfying about shaping a piece of metal and seeing the impurities peeling away as you weld it into your chosen design.

Of course I believe in love despite four divorces. There is nobody who doesn't believe in love. But marriage - that fits some people but obviously not me.

I'm interested in why people talk like they do. Like Boston Irish. It's so laid back. Why is that?

Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith.

It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it?

I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters.

I saw 'The Exorcist' at the cinema when I was quite young, maybe 14. When I went back home, my mum and dad weren't in, so I had to wait for them on the main road. I were too scared to enter the house.

I bought a Jaguar when I was 28. I'd always wanted one. I had it for years, then my friend had it, then my dad had it. It was a good workhorse.