I'm no different to anyone else; I want people to like me. I just don't particularly want them to understand me.

I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.

Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.

Great deeds, great blessings.

When you're good at making excuses, it's difficult to excel at anything else.

Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life.

I'm not the kind of girl who breaks down in public.

The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.

He referred to you as his little snack." "He's a sweetie.

As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.

Bad Boys II has knocked everyone's socks off.

Whatever strengthens and purifies the affections, enlarges the imagination, and adds spirit to sense, is useful.

Humble people dont get Offended easily.