I don't really know what the dream role would be. That's a hard question to answer. You never really know, until you're immersed into something, how passionate you feel for it and how it unravels.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.

Life is more important than 'what film I do next.

I haven't got any friends from where I grew up, but that's not to do with fame.

I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a presenter. I'm not Jimmy Fallon.

I grew up in the '90s. I listened to a lot of The Clash, Velvet Underground and Roxy Music. I wasn't into Boyzone, or anything.

I'm always looking for something that's versatile from the last.

It's great when talented people in the world, in the same business, can see your work and compliment you on what you're doing and take a strong interest in your movements in your career.

I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet.

I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.

We should not need to have a "Save an Animal Day", Save from what?, It is in fact "Save from who". It is Human Kindness, Compassion and Caring that so desperately needs to be saved.

If I had never touched Holmes, who has tended to obscure my higher work, my position in literature would at the present moment be a more commanding one.

I love movies, but I think people think relationships are supposed to go how they go in movies. The ones I like are the ones that represent life.

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

Don't be so concerned with your rights that you forget your manners.

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

Democracy needs to start with an open Presidential debate. So come on out and let's take back the promise of our democracy.

To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who's ready to do that?

I was digging for stuff in a used bookstore, and I came upon 'Little Sister.' I fell in love with Chandler that night. I fell right down the rabbit hole of crime fiction.

I just called to say, 'I love you.