I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so its amusing that people like it!

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I love being grungy and dirty.

The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.

My dad had once told me a definition of faith and I had not forgotten it: 'Faith is to believe something you do not see. The result of that faith is to see what you believed'.

Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.

In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

I want to get better and make it last as long as I can.

There (in the Soviet Union) it was a science. In order to be a coach, you had to study in school.

Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid.

For the land, the sea is beautiful; for the sea, the land is beautiful!

To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.