I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff.

I've got a vendetta to destroy the Net, to make everyone go to the library. I love the organic thing of pen and paper, ink on canvas. I love going down to the library, the feel and smell of books.

Whether you're a believer or not, I think there's a huge value in understanding the quality of redemption.

When I was offered the part in Shakespeare In Love a voice in my head said 'not another tights role!

From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of a Rough Gang - we went around and terrorised all the pupils in school.

I love new writing, new blood, modern works by unknown writers.

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.

It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think, 'Christ, I've been sweating and crying for seven years.'.

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

Youth is a predominant factor. We are seeing a young King Arthur, and thereby a young-ish - as I'm into my 40s - Merlin. It was about how to tackle it, from that point view.

I've always believed that you shouldn't want to mend a broken heart, because that's someone you don't want to forget. Scars can be good.

A world at war is crazy enough for anything to be believable.

Respect is a kind of magic too, you know.

Don't envy what people have, emulate what they did to have it.

The world is full of contradiction.

Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony

It’s all about getting them back in, and I think…my husband and I talk about it all the time…it’s about making it personal for the guest.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

I don't know whether our watching the play in these times was a coincidence or divine intervention but time and again, we were introspecting.