I'm very glad I'm not a politician. I think it's one step away from the gates of hell, being a politician. I really do. It`s a nightmare.

I'm very glad I'm not a politician. I think it's one step away from the gates of hell, being a politician. I really do. It`s a nightmare.

Jeremy Irons

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

Never played a video game. Actually, I try to keep them out of my house.

Never played a video game. Actually, I try to keep them out of my house.

I've actually always been fussy about the work I do.

I've actually always been fussy about the work I do.

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.

Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?

Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?

Sadly, one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success.

Sadly, one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success.

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up.

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up.

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.

One always returns to the fact that there are just too many of us, the population continues to rise and it's unsustainable.

One always returns to the fact that there are just too many of us, the population continues to rise and it's unsustainable.

You think, you don't just speak. The lines come off the thoughts.

You think, you don't just speak. The lines come off the thoughts.

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game.

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game.

It's just money; it's made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat.

It's just money; it's made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat.

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

What takes us back to the past are the memories. What brings us forward is our dreams.

What takes us back to the past are the memories. What brings us forward is our dreams.

There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

I've always belonged to the street, and I always will. It's in my DNA.

I've always belonged to the street, and I always will. It's in my DNA.

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.