Quotes from David Suchet

I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.

Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.

Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.

When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.

When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have acting talent. Try to get into the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and see where you get.' I wouldn't have thought of that at all. I wanted to be a surgeon, but I wasn't a clever man.

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.

I think it's very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is the death of entertainment - it's just mindless TV but popular because of its voyeuristic nature, and people are very voyeuristic.

I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.