I like complicated characters.

Cat lovers turn into cat collectors.

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

I want to hurt, so I can heal.I'm not unhappy.I'm just busy.I'm interested.And that's okay.

My bottom is my deliquent daughter. I lavish praise upon her cheeks when she's well behaved and when she gets out of control, I pretend she isn't mine.

Forever means losing count of years.

Character develops in stream of struggle and adversity. Character is foundation of your inner beauty which reflects in your personality.

I look in the mirror and think, 'I don't look like a rock star.' I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.

Free choice is the greatest gift God gives to his children.

Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.

We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.