Childhood in large parts of modern Britain, at any rate, has been replaced by premature adulthood, or rather adolescence

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.

Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.

I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

Where hopes are unrealistic, fears often become exaggerated; where dreams alone are blueprints, nightmares result.

[Present over perfect is] about rejecting the myth that every day is a new opportunity to prove our worth, and about the truth that our worth is inherent, given by God, not earned by our hustling.

If life worked on auto mode then there manual mode for photography would have never existed.

The brazen throat of war.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

I think Chris Weitz is an amazing director, and his sensibility - I wouldn't even know how to articulate it - it's just, he's a very sensitive, interesting guy.

Americans have no capacity for abstract thought, and make bad coffee.

Dry creek glimpsed by lightning

I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.

If I'm having a bad day in rehearsal, I'll sleep with my script.

I think that's what growing up is all about. It's about taking on new responsibilities and learning what you can handle, and learning what you can't.