I think that's what keeps you grounded - having your own life that's not directed by your job.

When I was a kid doing television, they'd stick a leather jacket on me, and I would be the thug.

I used to go into bars on my days off, and I decided that wasn't too good for me.

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day so instead I play golf with other unemployed actors. I'm a member of the Stage Golfing Society and I play golf with all sorts of people.

I grew up near King's Cross station in London, living in an apartment block where my dad was a caretaker.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

Doing 'EastEnders' wasn't exactly suffering, but my soul's not in quick-fix TV. Theatre doesn't pay like TV work pays, though. We all have to live, don't we?

I get on with actors, and when I'm doing a theatre show, it's great being with them all the time. But we're all alike, and it's much nicer being with people who are different.

I had a weimaraner for 11 years called China, and he was a great dog, a bit mad. They're massive, weimaraners; they've got big floppy ears. They look like a pointer, but they're liver-coloured.

It's never gone so far as me wishing I'd never done 'Quadrophenia,' but there was a time when I wouldn't talk about it because I wanted people to be interested in me for other things as well.

I'm famous for being a silky midfielder.

Never underestimate somebody's silence. Lot more is conveyed through it. A person who respects human emotions will understand this better.

It seems to be Latin American destiny to always have the United States say 'amen.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

What bothers you isn't so much whether you're beautiful or not. What bothers you is the way that people stare.

My ultimate goal is actually to direct and develop projects. I don't want them to be big projects with a lot of special effects because that's not really what appeals to me.

Before the reader turns his back upon the Grand Basin once for all, I should like to put a name upon the glacier it contains - since it is the fashion to name glaciers.

The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.

Because we find somethings distasteful is not justification enough for us to deem them criminal.

If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket.

Without philosophy, action has no meaning.