I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

Drama asks some uncomfortable questions at times... It goes to pretty dark places.

I lived a dual life, and when my dual life exploded, I began to feel much happier.

In the real world, it doesn't always go your way like it can on a television show.

I was a team sports guy, but I don't do that anymore. When I work out, it's alone.

I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.

The man is meant to be the alpha in the relationship on the money and power front.

If you can, always be appreciative of the ebb and flow of the losses and the wins.

if I fail as Jamie Foxx, I'll just change my name and come back as something else.

Love isn't who you can see yourself with. It's who you can't see yourself without.

It was great growing up a nomad. To this day I still love hiking and back packing.

I can get motivated seeing a kid at my sons school overcome a learning disability.

One of the downsides of being a poker pro is that people see exactly how you play.

I like to feel that something's alive in acting, like something's really going on.

I've numerous times heard mothers in stores tell their children not to go near me.

I wanted to know everything about the blues. I think it constantly changes for me.

There's so many ways to play a bad guy, and usually people choose the obvious one.

I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.

Justin Lin has just been exceptional with what he does with that vehicular action.

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh.

I would be absolutely honored if I made Jon Hamm crack, because he is uncrackable.

I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.

I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.

In my life, I find that in sobriety, I feel much more. And I have much more depth.

That's just me and my own body issues - I think I'm fat and bald and old and ugly.

Society will decide after the technology is created what we will and won't accept.

The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.

I've had the good fortune to play characters that have a role-model thing to them.

When I sit down and sign up for something, I vet where the people are coming from.

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.

I've spent the better part of the last twenty-five years doing a lot of traveling.

I'm not a huge Steven Spielberg nerd, but I know about him and I know of his work.

I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

I've worked with a lot of great directors and often times they solicit your ideas.

That's what it is: a 'Harold & Kumar' movie is a romance between two best friends.

As long as the rent's getting paid, you don't think about getting out of the game.

I try to take roles that don't fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype.

The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.

I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

There are always roles that seem enticing that you can't do because of scheduling.

I've never been someone who dates all that much - I'm more of a serial monogamist.

I'm just more comfortable with people who are like me than the people who are not.

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

If there is any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's ok to be different.

I actually tell lies for a living. Exactly. I mean, that's what acting is, really.

I really loved the idea of playing opposite Marlon Brando and being the crazy one.

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