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" I crashed my bicycle on the way to my first date with my ex-girlfriend and was cautioned by the police. "

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" I love, when I'm on holiday in cities, going into church and feeling that reverence and that kind of automatic respect: the sort of magic which exists in those kind of religious temples. "

" I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot. "

" You don't want a character who sits on an even playing field the whole time. "

" As far as people I'd like to work with, the list is endless. I think to work with Steve McQueen would be amazing, and then some of the U.K. talent we have: Eddie Marsan, Olivia Colman, both of whom I have met and admired for a long time. We're very blessed in this country; there is so much talent for people to work with and learn from. "

" I grew up in North Yorkshire, but now London is home. "

" We live in secular world now, but most of our art and culture is rooted in religion. "

" Half of what creates psychopaths is genetic, but the other half is conditioning. "

" When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor. "

" I grew up in the countryside, so I had quite a feral life up until the age of about fourteen. "

" I had the acting bug from a very early age. "

" I think the mistake lots of people make when it comes to a psychopath is that they completely write off their actions as cruel, callous and completely calculated, but actually, the truth is that they have interests and reasons behind their actions. "

" When I was playing a psychopath in 'Happy Valley,' it was really weird. "

" It takes a lot of courage, when everyone is asking you what you want to do, if you say that you want to be a musician or an actor; people can be very condescending and say, 'Oh, that's so sweet, good luck with that!' It can be very frustrating. "

" If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll walk or go for a swim or get on my bike, or I'll go to the Heath, just have a reason to get out. "

" If you compare the violence in 'Happy Valley' to the violence in something like 'Game of Thrones,' it's nothing. But it is shocking because it's so real and grounded. The characters could live next door to you - they're not in a remote fantasy world. "

" Being in a person's head for five months, where they're so hateful, is kind of exhausting. "

" I do a mean mouth trumpet. "

" Kids used to come round to my house, and I'd force them to do a play in the bay windows of my house and get all the mums and dads to sit and watch. I'd write the programme, write the play and be the star. "

" For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself. "