Acting gives me a chance to be people I will never be, in real life. I like changing who I am.

When you're dealing with killing people and things that are upsetting, that can be a delicate place to occupy yourself for a day.

We start off wearing frilly shirts and britches and being good guys and the heroes. And then as time goes on, every English actor ends up playing bad guys. That's what we do.

I think the James Bond thing has sailed. But of course I would want to be a Bond villain. They are great parts. I think it's highly unlikely, but one can always dream.

Somebody doing something effortlessly is a lovely thing to watch.

Im not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

I think the older I get, the less I should be doing.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

Make your life a magical journey of Life, encountering Life.

The truth is, time travel is hard, and people are lazy.

Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

I don't see anything happening [in heavyweight division] when I watch these fights, they are very boring. Not only that, but you never heard of any of the fighters.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Your dreams will betray you. Go nowhere on a horse that fades.

I've been lucky to work with people that I like most of the time. If I don't like them, I'll play head games with them to get their minds spinning.

As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember.