London keeps me grounded. We don't get praised every time we open our gobs there.

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all.

I like the personality of the Belgians. They're deeply eccentric, which is something that comes across in their design - terrific.

You cant please all the people all the time.

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.

And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.

I need my friends, I need my house, I need my garden.

I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do, so I get bored. I prefer to have a purpose, such as going to Alaska to see orca whales.

May every living soul know eternal rest exist.

If the caterpillar could not see beyond his present state, he would never become a butterfly.

Don't call what isn't prophecy "prophecy." Don't say "the Lord told me" if you're not about to quote a Bible verse.

Kissing girls is not like science, nor is it like sport. It is the third thing when you thought there were only two.

Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good.

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.

We will build a Navy of 350 surface ships and submarines, as recommended by the bipartisan National Defense Panel. We right now only have 276 ships, and it's not enough.

Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.

If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything.

I'm not a sad old hippie - I'm a joyous old hippie.