I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.

To have a friend and a comrade as your co-star, especially in a romantic comedy, is really important. It gives you the room. It's easier to give yourself and the other person permission to play.

I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it’s like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I enjoy giving back.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.

I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business.

I like playing the villain.

I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have to work at that. I'm really bad at auditioning.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

Technology brings mankind closer to divinity or extinction.

Indeed the presence of outstanding strengths presupposes that energy needed in other areas has been channeled away from them.

I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe that we can all become better than we are. I know we can. But the price is enormous and people are not yet willing to pay it.

We have to have a candidate who is going to stand for our issues and our values and be a true, proven constitutional conservative.

I was out on the shooting range twice a week [for Skyfall]. I worked out with a personal trainer for two hours a day, five days a week. So, it was quite demanding!

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest.

For me, nothing brings out my 'born yesterday' idiotic qualities quite like having my photograph taken.