I usually read a script from an audience perspective first, and then look more closely at the character only.

Well, Ive always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.

The digital revolution has changed the way we do things because you're not under that pressure that film is precious and film is expensive.

Normally when I'm sent a script I'll read it through to see how it hangs as a story and then I'll go back and read it through again and look at the character.

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.

I do probably 80 or 90 per cent of the cooking at home.

As an actor, I like to get a bit of momentum going with a character and kind of work a bit quicker. I mean, not crazy-fast, but, you know, five or six pages a day is a nice pace.

A good comedy’s very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

You never know when the publicity people will feel it is a good time to release the film.

I love doing comedy. You don't get many good comedy scripts. They're rare. But, I do love playing comedy. Even in drama, I like to try to find the humor because I think it's very human.

I sometimes think, " said Jason, " that the soul may be a state of mind.

There will be a great imbalance in our strengths if we fight, because I am prepared to die and you are desperate to live.

After 'Wedding Crashers' I was just surprised as to the lack of comedic female material there is. So I had to start working and getting stuff out there for myself.

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice.

Such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

If God consistently sent lightning bolts in response to bad doctrine, our planet would sparkle nightly like a Christmas tree.

There are theoretical physicists who imagine, deduce, and guess at new laws, but do not experiment; and then there are experimental physicists who experiment, imagine, deduce, and guess.

With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.

The weight of rages will press hard upon the employer