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Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
I had no desire to be in the movies. All my training had been in the theater, thank God.
There's no point dwelling on what might or could have been. You just have to go forward.
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.
So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?
If Newborn Babies Could Speak They Would Be The Most Intelligent Beings On Planet Earth.
My day job is acting - I wouldn't direct something if I didn't feel passionate about it.
I've done a number of films that no one has ever seen, and that's probably a good thing.
To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
I didn't have parents I could take a million dollars from. We were a lower-class family.
I wish I didn't like sweets as much as I do. I wish I didn't get carried away sometimes.
Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in.
Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.
I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.
Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.
The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.'
When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'
I think a lot of us who grew up in Northern Ireland weren't politicised enough, frankly.
I never had to try as a kid to stay in shape. In a way, there was no willpower involved.
I see myself as a mascot for the kids who get beat down and don't feel like they belong.
I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
But then, I just decided to get off my lazy butt and take advantage of the L.A. weather.
I grew up in Southern California, Simi Valley. I've lived in the same house all my life.
I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.
'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?
I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.
You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog.
What I do for a living and how I unwind are one and the same; it's a rare special thing.
First of all, my wife writes half my act. I don't know how I could "steal" from my wife.
When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it.
Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.
I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.
Everybody loses a couple, and you either pack it up and go home or you keep on fighting.
I love to paint, do ceramics, photography. I got a lot of side things that I like to do.
I'm one of these people who would rather show you than tell you through the performance.
I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere.
Often times, being in a popular thing means that you have to compromise your own acting.
I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.
I can't point to anything that has been more responsible for my career than my training.
Honestly, it's terrible, but I don't know if I've ever really read a Stephen King novel.
I think the community that's created within a writers' room is a very interesting topic.
Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft and I am a pretty happy camper.
I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.
I came to realize, along with being attracted to girls, I had similar feelings for boys.
I did a benefit one night at Carnegie Hall with Bono and Lady Gaga and Rufus Wainwright.
The less people know about me in reality, the more they can accept of me as a character.
After the first 'Hedwig,' interestingly, I was offered to play Hamlet a couple of times.
I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.