I didn't want to be known as a man who only made horror films. I made some - very few.

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.

I've made a couple of movies in the jungle, and I don't want to go back to the jungle.

Death is wonderful because you can't think about it. How are you gonna think about it?

There's very few people, who really thrive creatively under great stress and conflict.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

Another thing I recall was falling in love with Shirley Temple when I was nine or ten.

I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.

I've done a lot of drama in my career, but I'm actually more comfortable doing comedy.

I was at Harvard when Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, and I begged him not to do it.

There are so many talented young actors in the industry. I'm just happy to have a job!

Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.

In daytime, they're doing 50-60 pages a day, whereas nighttime, you do seven or eight.

It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.

I've never Worried about being typecast - I've only ever Worried about being not cast!

I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.

I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.

The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.

I would never do another sitcom. It was so boring I wanted to pull my fingernails off.

As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.

The thought of dancing scared me. A lot. Because I have absolutely no aptitude for it.

The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden.

It's not bad at all, getting a Nobel and making so many old fossils explode with rage.

The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit.

I couldn't wait to be, you know, a Black Panther. Of course they wouldn't let me join.

I think God is a giant vibrator in the sky ... a pulsating force of incredible energy.

I didn't come from a traditional background of studying theater and doing Shakespeare.

There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes

In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.

It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.

In this business, you have to have what they call an idiotic determination to succeed.

If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist.

The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that.

I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.

If I try to cover too much ground, you start to get watered down and less interesting.

I started doing the star turn and making a profit off it. Now I'm kind of one of them.

The gritty indie films are a lot rarer than the films that aspire to fill multiplexes.

Chemistrys a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.

Life is what you make of it. You can make it easy on yourself or you can make it hard.

If you're over 52 years old and you're on Facebook, do us all a favor and log off now.

I'm a pretty boring guy. Compared to Ashton Kutcher, I live a really boring existence.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.

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