Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you've been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

When you seek revenge, be sure to dig two graves.

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.

I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I gained one.

Give peace a chance.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Walter Payton is still the best back ever to play the game.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of conversion, I prayed on.

It's not the length of the word; it's how well you use it!