I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it.

It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.

Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage.

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

Life is not all about profundity. Life is about little things that piss you off, little triumphs, little defeats. So, you can't spend all your time being profound.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.

There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well.

There's nothing like the knowledge of being hanged in the morning to concentrate the mind wonderfully.

Never fear being a petty fool it means you ain't dying

Why are you wearing a T-shirt under your other T-shirt?" Livvy asked."In case one of them is stolen, " Marked said, as it were entirely normal.

At least I rescued your poor hot dog.

There are more hidden spaces in a city, more hidden lives and hidden emptinesses, and more darkened windows where shadow people pass fleetingly in and out of sight.

What you believe is what you perceive.

The cake had been done by a lady friend of Mary's. It was simpler than it would have been had she been given more time

The Holy Ghost unveils God's Word to us; He reveals the things of God to us.

You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them.

Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy.

There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.