I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.

Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I'm not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we're doing here.

I can only see my limitations. That's just who I am.

I'm still living the life where you get home and open the fridge and there's half a pot of yogurt and a half a can of flat Coca-Cola.

It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.

I like it when stories are left open.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.