At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.

They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner.

I always compare reading anything on the Internet to listening at doors. If you don't want to hear anything bad about yourself, you should never do it.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

You can always expect tragedy as well as adventure; that's just how it goes.

I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.

I'm an actor and a writer, that's how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that's what I do.

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

I prefer sneaking in the back door.

If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.

Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.

It is easy to identify a shallow person by the attention he gives to what will do him absolutely no good.

Our emotions pull us in different directions. The stronger the emotion, the greater the pull. Feelings are not always practical, nor do they make any logical sense. That's just the way it goes.

Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.

House Democrats have tried to increase port security funding on this House floor four times over the last 4 years, and House Republicans have defeated our efforts every single time.

Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.

As a father of five, I sometimes feel I've spent a lifetime watching Disney musicals.

You know, I've always said, I've never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I've always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.

Shining in the midnight moonlight, while the King sings love me tender.

Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite.

Nostalgia is always doomed and dooming.