Actors love to act all those death scenes.

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever.

It's not so much a thankless task, it's more a job with no thanks

Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.

I like challenges that test your ingenuity.

I am a big man, but I've allowed my condition to deteriorate by being overweight.

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.

I loathe cheese, it makes me ill.

The waves of time wash us all clean.

I never have reservations about doing anything as long as I'm being paid.

More than power is respect. Fortunate are those who command it.

Not only the right thing is the right thing, but doing the right out of the right motives is the right thing.

The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.

When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively.

I was in the Far East and I went into a restaurant and I ordered octopus and the waiter said: "It takes four hours." I asked why and he said: "It keeps turning off the gas."

Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance.

I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life, another form of life.

The Moon is our local port opening to the universe; in the future, it's through that port we will sail our ships to the coastless oceans.

People always want to have ownership and decision-making and autonomy.

I doubt we will ever be forgiven. All I hope is – they'll remember we were human beings