Celebrity is something I've never been into, and never will be.

The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.

Money's never an issue. I can go and work for a small studio theatre somewhere if it's a play I really care about, or do TV or a big commercial West End show.

Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.

This is why the oceans taste of salt. It is because of all the tears of mermaids for sailors who have died for their love. The oceans are salt with death and grief.

In efforts to soar above our nature we invariably fall below it.

Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head ain't funny!

The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors' pushup bras? No matter what size you are, it still isn't good enough.

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

The government bugged the men's room in the local disco lounge.

Tukhachevsky hid Napoleon's baton in his rucksack.

How many fingers am I holding up?" he inquired. Lucille regarded him blearily and said, "Avocado.

I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.