David Suchet

I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.'

I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.

I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.

The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.