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" I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother. "

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" There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world. "

" I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour. "

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" When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee. "

" I'd always had a big thing for the '60s. "

" In everything I do, I like to set the idea for girls that they can do anything. I was really moved by Hillary Clinton's speech when she lost the election - she didn't want young girls to feel like it wasn't possible and wanted them to know a female president will eventually happen. That's important. "

" It's so great to come in and do something where you know how strong the format of the show is and you're working with writers and directors who worked on the original show. It feels like you're going into a well-run ship already. Then it's just a matter of creating these new characters. "

" There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts. "

" Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school. "

" Usually, I end up looking for something completely different to who I last played. But there is just a spark that's lit when I read a script or character I want to play. "

" Everyone says you should get a photo taken of yourself while you're pregnant. I've got a film. It'll be nice for my daughter, too, to look at one day. She was in it. "

" I really like research. "

" I love buildings that aren't purpose-built. "

" I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters. "

" It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. "

" I have been really lucky to play roles younger than myself for most of my career. "

" Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something. "

" Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go. "

" I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure. "

" I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A. "

" I think most big stars do have just a certain amount of mystery; you don't know everything. "

" The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people. "

" In the past, I was always drawn to really quirky, idiosyncratic characters. "

" I just feel like TV takes more risks than film. Film has gotten very safe: it's very compartmentalized about what type of things will be successful. And whereas in TV, since all these new platforms opened, they're saying to writers, go out there, write the most different show that you can write. Write something that's really original and different. "

" The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected. "

" In Australia, it's people from Asian countries who most often recognise me. There are often people just looking at me at the supermarket, like they're shocked to think I would go to the supermarket. "

" Every director is completely different. "

" There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move. "