As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

The crime film is the most honest American film.

Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesnt have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

Someone who is self assured celebrates the accomplishments of others.

For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives.

The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?

It's interesting, in the U.K., I'm known for doing comedy things, which often doesn't translate to the U.S.

Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

The worst day of my life was once that my mom didn't allow me to go to a Queen concert because I was grounded.

Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.

I trust Hillary Clinton about as far as I could throw Donald Trump.

A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.