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I had a job at this French restaurant, and I hated it. I don't like serving; I don't like getting people ketchup.
Thank you to everybody who voted for me, and to the British public for their encouragement over the last 17 years
'Home And Away' was my first big break. I was already a fan of the show, so to suddenly be on it was really good.
To help someone who is down on their luck is admirable. To help an adversary who is down on their luck is divine.
I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.
I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange.
If you do movies that are modestly budgeted, the way they finance them is they figure out how they can sell them.
I think for me with theater, I need to take a break and then fall in love with it again. And then go do it again.
I just don't want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of movies.
I've had job stability for years at a time. You really develop great relationships with the people you work with.
All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.
To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.
I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.
You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.
When you have another actor as your boss, they understand how to communicate easier sometimes than just a writer.
I want to go play a villain or an action hero or a nice, light, romantic comedy or something. That would be good.
Sometimes it's hard to get people to take me seriously as an actor when they just see me as this WWE muscle head.
I'm actually thinking about getting back to being a bath tub. I don't think anyone's ever quite segued into that.
Working at the National Theatre is just wonderful. There is no place like the South Bank on a summer's afternoon.
I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Checkpoint Charlie.
My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles.
So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.
It's funny how when your kids get sick, they get even cuter when they have a stuffed nose and they mouth breathe.
I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it.
A lot of beautiful people are stupid. There are a tremendous number of idiots who look so good. It's frightening.
I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me.
You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.
Peter Falk and Denis Leary today walked into a Starbucks and shot 27 people, without any announcement whatsoever.
Car chases usually don't involve major criminals - they're usually guys afraid of getting another traffic ticket.
I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots.
It's all about having fun and shooting something that you like. Where it goes afterwards is up to the movie gods.
Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.
I try to always bring topics to the table that matter, topics that I think need to be discussed and reflected on.
From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.
The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.
I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.
There's only so much you can do of trying, finding yourself very close to getting a part and then not getting it.
Revenge is for the weak so I have settled my vendettas with all of the kids who made my early life a living hell.
I live alone so I always just eat out. When I'm in another relationship, then maybe we'll start cooking together.
My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.
I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.
'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to get it going.
My whole life, growing up, I always wanted to be in comedy. I never felt comfortable doing the 'teen hunk' thing.
I come home from trying to pretend to know about astronomy and physics all day and turn on 'The Real Housewives'.
I really enjoyed working with Rey Mysterio when we were up against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit and The Guerreros.
I can't physically put someone over, but I can feel very confident in my ability to tell a story through a promo.
I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.
The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters.
Some films I say no to and they end up working very well, but I don't care, I just want to do something exciting.
As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms.