I don't have children, but we all want to protect whatever we love in life.

I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.

I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.

When I'm doing theatre, I feel like my life's on hold. Even though you might go out for a coffee, or go and see a film, your brain is still there, pulling you back to it.

I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.

American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.

Filming is long - you get very tired, and your skin breaks out and you get lumps and bumps. It's easier if you're allowed to have bags under your eyes.

You suddenly find yourself somewhere and you wonder, how did I get in this room? That happens to me all the time, every day!

Better to leave him with the memory of their being a pair of monsters, wrapped in each other's arms.

My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.

I'm certainly not a fan of conversion when you could shoot the movie in 3-D.

There are only a few images that are not forced to provide meaning, or have to go through the filter of a specific idea.

A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.

The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts.

[Cuba's goverment] is an anti-American government.

Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't compete against that with black-and-white films.

The spoiled superstar brat wouldn't get far in Oklahoma City. We're very value-conscious. Our city was settled in a land run. Those 10,000 people were desperate for a better life.

Remember, benchmark performance -- beta -- can be had for virtually free; alpha is what active managers are paid to generate.