A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'

Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

I don't do the whole L.A. nightlife thing.

When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

The author who benefits you most is not the one who tells you something you did not know before, but the one who gives expression to the truth that has been dumbly struggling in you for utterance.

Everything that you can touch with pure love belongs to you.

It was all about survival. That's all it had ever been about.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

To get rich is glorious.

You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me.

until you learn that an artist cannot afford to scorn any phase of life that is human, you will never do great work.

In the morning I get out of bed, I brush my teeth, I wash my face, I get dressed in the clothes I like best. I want to be good to myself.

I'm not trying to do anything too tricky.