I live a very Kenneth Williams-like existence.

Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

I don't do the whole L.A. nightlife thing.

When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

Sin is a gravitation.

A broken vessel cannot hold anything within itself, therefore only something supernatural can hold itself within a broken vessel.

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

It's not until the very last phase that you know how good the works are going to be.

In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.

Communism has nothing to do with love. Communism is an excellent hammer which we use to destroy our enemy.

If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.

I think Alone in the Dark was too much an action creature movie than a horror creature movie.

One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows on the air than actually have bureaus and reporters