It's very difficult to say anything in Icelandic. I can say "takk," which means "thank you." That's about all I learned.

Iceland, I'm in love with that country, the people are incredible.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

I love acting and I know that's a cliché, but I didn't really, I was very naïve when it came to the whole being recognized thing.

When you're a lead role, I'm learning that you set a tone for the movie in a way, like a director does, or like other actors do. But it seems like you set a mood on set.

I love going out. I love partying.

I just don't know anything about fashion.

Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn't really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve.

You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.

It's a nightmare if you're working with someone you don't get on with, especially if you have to be in love with them.

I'm very much a "that's so obvious, I must not mention it" kind of guy.

In life it is difficult to say who do you the most mischief enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

Acting to me is real life - I don't act.

I always have two pairs of glasses: geeky black Warby Parker frames and Wayfarer Ray Bans. Those are key!

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

Learning to be extremely disciplined has been the key for me. I work really hard during work hours and family really hard during family hours. Family does always come first though, in any situation.

The hotel I'm in has a lovely closet. A nail.

The key to life is imagination.

What the internet has done is destroy film criticism. I would never have guessed that the profession of film criticism would be going the way of the dodo bird.

Ko Un is a crucial poet for the twenty-first century, and this is an enormously fresh and vivid translation.

I've been involved in burlesque for a really long time and I've always been really interested in burlesque, and I was writing musicals for different studios.