I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.

When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I need to worry about!"

When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films.

If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.

Black moleskin gloves covered his hands; the right because it was burned, the left because a man felt half a fool wearing only one glove.

You were born to overcome. You are not destined to lose.

Satyagraha as conceived by me is a science in the making.

While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in my character's lives, is probably a good thing!

Iniesta doesn't dye his hair, he doesn't wear earrings and he hasn't got any tattoos. Maybe that makes him unattractive to the media but he is the best.

The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.

Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only by reason.

I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.

The great poems of heaven and hell have been written and the great poem of earth remains to be written.