I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.

Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.

If I won the lottery,I would love to buy an airfield and populate it with enthusiasts like myself, and old airplanes.

It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes you a good liar, but one of the things I can't articulate is a bad lie.

The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep.

I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.

I hate the standard of stupid and selfish driving we have in this country. We are the worst I've come across.

Are there any celebs I'd like to meet? I'd love to meet the Dalai Lama.

I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland.

The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.

Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya.

It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.

We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

Be a tough-minded optimist.

I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration.

I did buy a new piece of furniture so it's like, "Oh, that's something new." But generally my goals are made in the fall.

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.

What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of the one loved, both in body and in soul.

It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land. The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

The only thing to do is to go one's own way, to try one's best, to make the thing live.