Acting doesn't exist in a vacuum. You need the director to have a set of eyes.

Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself.

My children know I would never call anyone to give my son or daughter a break.

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over.

We don't want to start a nuclear war unless we really have to, now do we Jack?

The festivals are cool because you make a lot of connections at the festivals.

Truly, I never dreamt of becoming an actor - I always wanted to be a director.

I'd love to do something on Broadway. I'd love to spend some time in New York.

I didn't go to Ivy League schools. I dropped out of college to go into movies.

I don't think the Internet should be immune to the standing laws of countries.

The people who can do you the most damage are the ones who are closest to you.

I've never really thought about settling down anywhere. I like to keep moving.

Jimmy McGovern - I love his writing, and I'm a big fan of him and Alan Clarke.

There is a big market for horror in India, but people don't explore that much.

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.

I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems.

I think doing love scenes is never easy without a strong emotional background.

I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. I just couldn't show it.

Everything I do is to support my passion, and that is the rescuing of animals!

Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion

I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.

When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief.

I have finally become a husband and I am genuinely enjoying every moment of it.

Linen is good because it looks trendy and at the same time it's very comfotable

The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.

I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me.

I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood.

I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums.

J.J. Abrams and I met, and we just had this incredible kind of vibe between us.

I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling.

Maybe silence is something we're uncomfortable with as a culture, I don't know.

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die.

A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.

I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.

When I'm married I want to be single, and when I'm single I want to be married.

Whatever comes next for this generation, that's going to be the greatest voice.

Because I am an Englishman I spent most of my life in a state of embarrassment.

My singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem.

I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett's stuff, probably from when I was, like, 14.

Have you ever walked late at night through a forest when you are first in love?

I have always thought of myself as an athlete - even at the ripe old age of 52.

If the body can respond so decisively to music, it must in some sense be music.

They say I'm a natural, I have natural charisma. People say that. I don't know.

I think it is rather 'unsexy' to go under the knife and modify your appearance.

My mother made me do all the housework as a boy. I still do it, even in hotels.

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