I genuinely don't know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

Each man is the architect of his own fortune.

This attitude is basic human nature. We'd rather look outward and blame others for ills that befall us than point the finger at ourselves.

The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last in it and not be smashed by it.

I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did.

Diplomats do not know how to negotiate, they only know how to keep their job.

We usually surprised everyone, and still do, as we keep the craziness onstage.

The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Water's death with was Augustus Waters.

The Clinton camp has been able to project that kind of neo-McCarthy hysteria: that Russia is responsible for everything.

Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented - which is what fear and anxiety do to a person - into something whole.

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.