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I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered !My life is my own.
In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray.
Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.
I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.
There are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't.
People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
When you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.
To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.
Sometimes you take time off, and then you look around and you go, "Hello. What happened? Oh dear!"
I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.
I've been accused of my publicist of being too confessional... it's probably my Celtic upbringing.
I paint landscapes, figuratives. I painted all my life. In fact, I started as a commercial artist.
Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.
The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.
You have to have the right atmosphere, really be in the right mood to really fully enjoy a Cohiba.
I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.
The fact that they let me in a movie with Gene Hackman has left me with no faith in show buisness.
I don't think men talk as much as women, but when we have something on our minds we'll get it out.
I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.
I went to college and studied writing, and I got involved in theater. It's always been my passion.
I've always had a passion for acting, without really realising that that's what I should be doing.
I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.
When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense.
If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean.
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.
When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.
Theatre is what I've always done, really, especially with the RSC, but I do bits and pieces on TV.
There's so many more failures than successes for actors. It's like a phobia, fear of cancellation.
It is such a special place to be when people all over the world enjoy the TV show that you are in.
I think Alison Krauss and her band are the best today. The same goes for Rick Skaggs and his band.
As in all TV shows, and especially a show called 'Mistresses,' all is not going to be as it seems.
We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes.
Multiculturalism isn't just a buzzword; it's not just something to debate - I am multiculturalism.
There are some people who only know me for cornflakes ads, and that's fine. I have a charmed life.
I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.
I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it.
I'm trying to sign up and do movies that I'll be proud of it. That's kind of how I think about it.
I don't think about when it's going to stop and what you do before it stops. You just keep moving.
The art of making a film and its content are far more interesting to me than the result or impact.
I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.
I did my Doctorate on the House Un-American Activities Committee's effect on the American theater.
I think of Mike Myers as the Buster Keaton of today. I think he's brought us something so special.
It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich.
If you don't keep pushing the limits, you wake up one day and you're the "center square to block."
When I'm riding my bicycle I feel like a Buddhist who is happy just to enjoy his mundane existence
Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.
I feel comfortable working with people who are secure in themselves and confident in what they do.
Racism exists everywhere. So when people act surprised about racism, I'm the one that's surprised.
Everybody thinks that actors would be really good at bluffing, but I think it's a little backward.