I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

I am not a has-been. I am a will-be.

Life is amazing, life is odd. Life is not what you expected it to be. Things happen... Growing up takes longer than you think.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.

There are guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

Growing up takes longer than you think.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.

I feel like I've lived numerous lives...and you can explore my incarnations through my works.

I go every year to the Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives and it's spectacular.

The most important word in the language of the working class is "solidarity."

You need not expect to get your book right the first time.

If you are a good economist, a virtuous economist, you are reborn as a physicist. But if you are an evil, wicked economist, you are reborn as a sociologist.

I don't see all the movies that come out.

The State trained us to make other people's terrible jokes work, which is the other part of the game when you're here.

The one thing I would never wish it to be thought is that you play serious roles in order to achieve some sort of respectability which you can't if you're playing comedic roles.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.