I'm always trepidatious and excited about what I do. I wouldn't choose to do something, unless I am really excited about it.

Film has a tendency to be limiting in some way and it shouldn't be. It's a form that can be explored and changed.

I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life.

We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely

I was on top of Keanu Reeves, he was on his back and I was on my trunk, and I was breathing down his neck for hours and hours. It was... very erotic.

It's kind of chased away a few demons for me and, um, it's educated me a little bit more.

I used to have two double espressos a day. I gave that up, had headaches for five days but now I'm feeling great.

When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.

I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're in danger as an actor of being unable to perform what you should be doing.

It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and working with people who are young and interested and creatively keen.

I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't.

In selecting any goal you should focus on the reason – without a compelling reason your resolve will weaken.

What is the nature of egoism? It spends away everything in its power!

The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.

So a maiden, whilst she remains untouched, so long is she dear to her own; when she has lost her chaste flower with sullied body, she remains neither lovely to boys nor dear to girls.

The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.

The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on.

The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.

We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them.

I blame Walt Disney; well he has to find voice actors better than me somehow doesn't he?