Ive never been that cute kid that was forgiven for being naughty.

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so its amusing that people like it!

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I love being grungy and dirty.

The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.

The man is the first weapon of battle. Let us study the soldier, for it is he who brings reality to it.

It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.

If I'm not in love with the script, there's nothing. It doesn't matter what you give me. It has to start with the script.

The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes depend on them.

You can't say, "I'm gonna make a hit movie." You're as dead as you could be.

As the medieval mind blamed God for human suffering, so the modern mind blames 'the system' for the industrial blight and plague of technology.

Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone.

Fine wine leaves you with something pleasant. The ordinary wine just leaves.

I hate the neologism "owned" for "scored a victory over". I have no intention of owning anyone, and nobody will ever own me.

The more men, generally speaking, will do for a Dollar when they make it, the more that Dollar will do for them when they spend it.