Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage.

It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it.

Life is not all about profundity. Life is about little things that piss you off, little triumphs, little defeats. So, you can't spend all your time being profound.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.

There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well.

There's nothing like the knowledge of being hanged in the morning to concentrate the mind wonderfully.

Never fear being a petty fool it means you ain't dying

At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'

We have not really advertised Chicago internationally.

Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had

Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.

A Martian would think that the English worship at supermarkets, not in churches.

Oliver . . . well. Who knew if Oliver’s problem was the disease or just a bad attitude?

The one measure of true love is: you can insult the other. --Slavoj Zizek

Every rep I did on chin-ups, on squats with 500 pounds, I never said, to myself, 'Oh, my God, another rep.' I said, 'Yes, another rep, because that will make my dream turn into a reality.'

We must cultivate our own garden.

Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.