Rose McIver
Rose McIver

When I was about five, I could do a vaguely decent American accent - straight through kind of decent - and 'Hercules' needed some kids. I definitely wasn't a good actor.

Spencer Matthews
Spencer Matthews

I watch a lot of Disney films and whenever one of my little nieces is round I'll slap on 'Cinderella' or 'Hercules' and use them as an excuse to watch it.

Steven Knight
Steven Knight

It's good sometimes to have a character that starts as one thing and ends as another, but James Bond, Hercules, these are pretty enduring stories.

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot: My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot: You tell your lies and you think no one will know. But there are two people who will know. Yes, two people. Your God... and Hercule Poirot.

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

Bouc: This is my dear old friend, the esteemed Poirot, who I knew before the esteem. Hercule Poirot, this is...
Hercule Poirot: A prostitute.
Bouc: She is.
Prostitute: I am!

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

Miss Mary Debenham: You're the detective, Hercules Poirot.
Hercule Poirot: Hercule Poirot. I do not slay the lions.