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.

Jeremy Irons

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.

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.

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.

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.

Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.

Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.

When you're working with the best, it helps you to be good because then you are focusing on what you have to do.

When you're working with the best, it helps you to be good because then you are focusing on what you have to do.

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.

I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.

I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.