I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.

Vanya soon found that America might be an exciting place to arrive, but living there could become, in time, as boring as anything else.

The greatest fear of those who rule is not the opposition but not to be taken seriously.

I think: by the time I'm old, nobody will be able to die any more.

My mum was a music teacher. I've got three sisters, and we all played instruments when we were kids.

I drank my bottle of milk and ate my morsel of bread somewhere on the outskirts, while I circumspectly studied my environment or else fell to meditating on my own harsh lot.

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

You can't fake being able to cook well.

Henry is a beautiful player and has got complete technique, I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself.

In all things that you do, consider the end.