I wasn't particularly good at school so always found essay writing hard, so I didn't do that well at English or history, even though I enjoyed it.

One of the things I love most about acting, that I get to do research and read books, but it's just for me and I don't have to write about it.

I would not like to direct, I would be one of those terrible directors who can't help line reading the actors their lines, because I would just want to be doing their parts.

I have only been acting since I was about eighteen. I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I don't think there is anything else I could do.

I sometimes think about writing just to keep my mind active when I'm not working, but I don't think I would be good enough.

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

I get to see the world and try to make people happy. I'm very much of a wandering spirit, if you'll pardon the expression.

Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly when I see him.

I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots.

Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.

A film with an untidy plot cannot grip the audience and define their emotional response.

Worship is an exercise of the Holy Spirit directed primarily to God

There's a bunch of people who sit around and make excuses for themselves and get upset with artists, but you already know what this is - it's an ego-driven business.

Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.