Quotes from Sam Heughan

I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.

I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.

A lot of my family are redheads, but I'm a dark blonde.

It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.

I was a big fan of the Tim Burton films. I really liked the character. And I remember thinking the Batmobile was very cool.

Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you don't need to do anything to Shakespeare.

My family were pretty big hippies.

I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji.

There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.

Since the show started, Scottish tourism has increased a great deal - there is definitely an 'Outlander' effect.

Im obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, Id love to go to space.

I would be lying if I said Starz doesn't have a reputation.

I've done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it's great to be able to have things that you can research and material that you can look at.

I don't know if anyone knows if they're ever any good, but I went to drama school in Scotland, in a classical acting course, and my first year, I remember one of my tutors telling me that I couldn't act, and I should give up and all this sort of thing, and then, they cast me as Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Batman is basically an ordinary guy who had something tragic happen to him when he was young.

My best time is a 3:20 in Paris in 2010, and I trained to try for a 3-hour marathon in New York, but Hurricane Sandy hit, and it was canceled.

If you don't think about or deal with an issue, it gets bigger.

The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.

I'd love to time travel.

I was traveling a lot as a young actor, and while in a new city, I'd want to see the place, so I would just put on my trainers and go for a jog. And the more I did that, the more I found I was traveling longer and longer distances. I just fell into it.

I love sci-fi. Growing up, I was a big fan of the 'Alien' series, 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,' etcetera. Plus, anything apocalyptic - 'I Am Legend,' '1984,' 'Battlestar Galactica.'

I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.

'Outlander' is based on a group of books; there's a slight fantasy element to it, but ours is authentic - we try to stick to historical accuracy as possible. Ours is about a small group of people and a core relationship rather than big armies.

I did grow up in a very small town, and I only had a couple of people in my year at school. There were a lot of kids to play with - maybe not the same age, but there was always someone around.