I never, ever wanted to be an actor.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

I really believe that you never stop learning.

I'm not a proponent of people watching a movie, and then going out and doing something bad. People have been doing bad things, well before movies.

I just - you know, some people just have some very full laughter - full of joy - and have no shame or fear of letting that out.

I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me

I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.

You're always - you're constantly learning things if you're the type of person who stays open and current.

Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.

I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.

So, you need to balance it out with bigger and smaller movies.

I think if we stop running towards broken arms, we’d all be just fine.

Oh tell me again how you are saving me.Oh tell me again how you are leaving me.Take care, sweetheart. Play fair, sweetheart.Living different lives in empty beds.

you are never called upon to prove a negative. that's a law of logic.

Beggars should be no choosers.

I'm not too in love with the word ambition, but I was driven.

Rather than finding heaven on earth, we are asked to release heaven by living on earth.

State terrorism - and yet the Israeli invasion Goldstone investigated is still commonly referred to as the Gaza War.

I defended myself at the first opportunity I had, which was a meeting of writers in which I proved that Honecker had based his whole attack.

I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.

As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free cheese and dousing myself with scent in the perfume department.