Tom Ellis Quotations

I wanted to work on a cable show and with a writer/director because that's a much more fulfilling and freeing experience, as an actor.

Being on the floor of a TV show is sometimes a quite frustrating experience.

Trying to find a human side to the character is a way to give them a chance to have people like them.

The weird thing about drama school is that you train for three years for one thing and then more often than not, it's something that you haven't trained for that you end up doing.

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

As an actor, I enjoy variety. That's a big thing for me.

If I'm going to put my name to something and commit to something that's going to take up a lot of my time, it has to be something that I know is going to be enjoyable and worth my while. Otherwise, what's the point?

One of the big parts of my decision-making process is knowing that when you're signing up for something, you're signing up for multiple seasons, should it be successful, and in theory, you want it to be successful, but you also want to be doing something that you're enjoying.

It was kind of good (Friday night) to kind of blow the cobwebs off a little bit, score and play well and hopefully get ready for next week.

I really believe the key to the entire game for us defensively was starting the game out on offense like we did. We took the ball and drove it down the field deep into their territory twice, which just totally throws the field position in our favor. I felt like the kids kind of fed off that a little bit.