We have far more ability than we give ourselves credit for.

To have memories of those you have loved and lost is perhaps harder than to have no memories.

Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Thing are made slowly and in pain.

Anyone who thinks they're indispensible is fooling themselves.

To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.

If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument.

Life has ups and it has downs. I don't care who you are.

If somebody in your industry is more successful than you, it's because he works harder than you.

The definition of being good is being able to make it look easy.

Look, my philosophy in life is expect nothing and everything is a bonus.

Unless you're willing to fail miserably in the pursuit of your dreams, you'll never make it.

If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.

I've made many films and only a few times I've played real people.

Yeah, well, I finally stopped smoking for good.

Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning.

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.

I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work.