John Barrowman

“It wasn't until I got involved in 'Doctor Who' that I started doing dramas on television.”

“You know, every year 'Torchwood' has become something a little different than it was before. It's still sci-fi, but it doesn't just deal with spaceships and aliens all the time, because we've done that. Our science fiction is more psychological.”

“I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery, and I remember taking the bow and arrow and firing it up and across the street into a car parking lot.”

“I'm really passionate about pantomime because it is often the first introduction for a child to theatre, and if that child has a great experience at a pantomime they will continue to come year after year.”

“I would wish that people would accept people for who they are, not be judgmental, allow people to live their lives and enjoy themselves and that would be my wish for people.”

“I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality.”

“Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.”

“I was the one who taught my sister and my niece how to walk in high heels.”

“Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon.”

“I think my biggest appeal for fans is probably the fact that I'm honest. I'm up front about who I am. I'm a little naughty. I have a naughty side and everybody knows that. But I know when to use that and when not to.”

“If you do something and it goes wrong, you learn from it and you move on.”