I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you.

When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.

I don't like big feet. It reminds me of gammon.

If things don't come easy to you, you have to pull a rabbit out of a hat.

Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.

The truth is somewhere in the middle of funny and serious.

The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.

To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!

I am my father's son. My sticking to my guns and doing it my way, and standing firm - that's definitely from him. And the music side, I was so lucky to have a dad that was as cool as he was.

I regret my disbelief in God.

I don't think I've ever made any good financial decisions.

Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.

Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.

One of the treasures of nature is beauty; this, too, should be preserved.