Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men.

You have to become involved to make an impact. No one is impressed with the won/loss record of the referee.

Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, you have to face your demons.

There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate with mere mortals.

We shouldn't be put out to pasture just because we've reached somebody's idea of retirement, which was certainly happening in Australia, and I think elsewhere as well.

I think the glue that held Fringe together was the relationships.

I'd never done anything that required a five-year commitment. To build a show that seems to have kept the imagination of the world so much was a bit otherworldly.

Doing animation is great fun. It's like a different world.

I don't know where the line is. I don't know how much of myself is in Walter. There's got to be a bit of him there.

As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.

Lord Of The Rings fandom was massive, worldwide, entrenched. Generally it had been part of the fans' life all their life, because they had it read to them as children; they'd become Tolkien students.

You live in a grim universe.”“That’s risk management for you.

We all die alone. We shall endure death as once we endured birth. You can’t share either experience.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

Many of the most important stories in the history of modern journalism have come from sources who have taken information without authorization.

I'm 86, and too old to be President.

Maybe this time she wanted to be found, and to be found by me.

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.

There are moments when people are incapable of understanding happiness.

Obviously it was an out of body experience to win an Academy Award.