Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so its amusing that people like it!

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I love being grungy and dirty.

The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.

Unfortunately, my love life is nil. I'm working too much - but I would like to settle down at some point.

Cansado, sobre todo, de estar siempre conmigo, de hallarme cada día, cuando termina el sueño, allí, donde me encuentre, con las mismas naricesy con las mismas piernas...

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

The nagual is the unknown. It cannot be talked about, it can only be witnessed.

[Bob] Dylan would cut out phrases from magazines and then paste them together.

There is a legacy of violence against native women that has gotten worse and worse over time.

Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.

A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.

I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them.