I'm happy to work in the States because there are so many different and interesting projects. I'll go wherever people want me to work.

Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe.

In my day-to-day, I do a bit of yoga, I go biking, I read, I watch shows, I go to music concerts.

I just got my work visa to shoot American Horror Story, and my official status is "alien with extraordinary abilities."

Each time that I have two or three days off, I'm off somewhere in California.

It'd be interesting to see a film from an alien perspective. Maybe we're the weird ones.

Why wait to get old and dream about the things you could have done, when you can start now and look back on the things you did.

The world around me and my past seem far away and distorted, as if time and space were taffy being stretched and looped and twisted out of shape.

I think what we need to do is to have an immigration system where legal immigration is easier.

I'm free. I'm free to say what I feel.

When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

people like to keep their little secrets to themselves. It's like growing mushrooms in the cellar and running down to take a look at them now and then.

Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.

I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back.

The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.