Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.

- Mark Gatiss

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

- Mark Gatiss

The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growi…

- Mark Gatiss

When I was your age — about, ooh, a thousand years ago — I loved a good bedtime story. The Three Little Sontarans. The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes. S…

- Mark Gatiss

We made our Moriarty very different to [Conan] Doyle's. He's Irish, and he brings all his charm, his twinkle and his humor to it while he's also terr…

- Mark Gatiss

I prefer sneaking in the back door.

- Mark Gatiss

You can always expect tragedy as well as adventure; that's just how it goes.

- Mark Gatiss

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

- Mark Gatiss

That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now. If …

- Mark Gatiss