Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there.

I lead a very boring life.

Sunday evenings often feel like the weekend is over before it's even begun.

I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan.

It's funny, I listen to friends who talk about back when they were 14, eight, 16, whatever, as if it was yesterday. Me, I've no idea what I did. It's all a blur, I'm afraid.

I'm so glad this is the last day of these thing, I get so tired of listening to my own voice.

Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process.

Occasionally I go shopping for clothes, but I find the whole thing a real chore.

Left to my own devices I'd get up at midday every day of my life.

I happen to have worked with male directors who don't understand women at all. Not at all. I'm flabbergasted by their ignorance.

What's it like to kiss Mel Gibson?

The lesson of the Cold War is that against nuclear weapons, only nuclear weapons can hold the peace.

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

To have that mentality of wear whatever you want, be whoever you want to be, on and offstage. This is who I am.

Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.

I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich.

Filmmaking is something I have to do. It's not something I particularly want to do.

At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.

The human brain is the god of technological innovation.

One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible.