I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts. I've tended to play eccentrics. I've played a lot of villains, of course.

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.

I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've been married nearly 50 years. I have a cat.

My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.

​I wanted to present Neuroscience to people in a way that would diminish their differences.

Dear Jesus, do something.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.

I'll fix it up with Mum and Dad, then I'll call you. I know how to use a fellytone now - " "A telephone, Ron," said Hermione. "Honestly, you should take Muggle Studies next year.

What was God thinking when he created a guy this handsome? He wasn't a gift to womankind, he was a torture device.

I love imperfections.

I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere.

If you believe the noises of the world, rather than the silences of your soul, you will be lost.