The number one rule I give them is just not give them the golden rule. Do unto others, I'm not a religious guy, but, I mean, nobody said it any better in a couple thousand years than that, which may be why it's lasted to a certain degree too. I mean, more people are reading a 2000-year-old book about how to behave than anything that anybody's coming up with lately. Now it's got a lot of, particularly the Old Testament, it's got different kinds of stories, to some extent, but if the whole world lived by the golden rule, it would be such a more wonderful society.

All our tombs will be unvisited in a few years - all our actions will mostly be unremembered - but the smile you gave the checkout lady or the kind words you gave to a stranger in the street could still be rippling forward. We all have that opportunity and it's a huge power.

Life is never fair.

To keep trying to listen to yourself.

Being married for 17 years and having two amazing children.

A loving father and wonderful husband, and the best actor of my generation!

First, I wanted to be a historian, then a drummer, and after that I just wanted to be employed. And I still do.

A sense of wonder.

Instead of saying, “I tripped up”, you have to use the words, “I had a fall.”

David Attenborough, because he introduced me to the world.