Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

Be who you like as long as you mean it.

I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories.

I had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards.

It's actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you'll be okay.

The past was "built", the present is "assembled" & the future - "programmed"!

Maybe money can't buy happiness, but it can get you a nice little villa in Tuscany, and that's close enough for me.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.

A stereotype is not a stereotype if it's true.

God does not hold our environment accountable for our behavior

If the only thing that matters is what is written on your heart seek those things that matter most.

That they can strengthen through the empowerment of others is essential wisdom often gathered by women.

That was very close to getting killed. Usually at pop festivals we have people jumping on stage.

We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves.

The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.