Quotes from Ioan Gruffudd

Robert Lindsay is a legend, he can do anything. Sing, dance, make you laugh. I was in awe of him on 'Hornblower.'

Had you met me when I was 18 I was very, very patriotic almost to the point of sounding a little bit bigoted or racist, but then I moved away, came to London, my eyes were opened and I saw the world.

Often in my game as an actor, someone else pays for your travel and there's nothing like being able to lie flat on a flight home from L.A.

I didn't work for more than two years. I sat on the couch and waited for work to come in. I got depressed, went into the abyss.

Liar' is the best work I've done.

It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.

That's one of the things we love about being an actor. We get to change things up all the time to remain fresh.

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.

And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!

To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.

Growing up in Wales, there was a lot of fervour about being Welsh. But the more that I travelled, I realised that people aren't always interested in where you're from, but who you are.

Why do we write novels or make television about real things? It's the human condition and human suffering.

I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.

I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.

I think therapy should be part of everyone's preventative medicine.

Los Angeles gets a very bad rap, the perception, especially by us Brits, is 'Oh, it's so fake,' but it's the antithesis!

When you're younger, you're going to be cast as the heroic, earnest leading man.

The attention to detail on 'Titanic' was extraordinary.

I learned certain exercises to help me cope, to get myself in tip-top mental shape to deal with auditions and rejection.

I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time.

I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.

Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.

As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.