Damian Lewis

“People need revelation, and then they need resolution.”

“My parents were incredibly inclusive.”

“I found the hedge-fund guys I met all to be very, very concentrated listeners - watchful and articulate and quick to defend, if needed. They all seemed to have this contained sitting posture. The legs, if they weren't crossed at right angles, tended to be close over the knee, their hands put together.”

“It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.”

“I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.”

“I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.”

“Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.”

“It's such an overused phrase: 'to be part of the conversation.' But it's true. It is nice to be part of the conversation - just be sure they are talking about you in the right way.”

“'24' had to withstand accusations of being right-wing, but 'Homeland' is a far more liberal show.”

“I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately.”

“I am extremely lucky, and I enjoy the level of work that I am able to work at.”

“If you pick up an eighteenth-century play, at the top it says 'The Argument,' and then you have a list of characters, and then you have the play. I was just always struck by that - that, of course, good drama is about conflict.”

“I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it was a terrific script, and they pitched me the story line, and I was like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'”

“I'm one of those pesky Brits.”

“I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace.”