Martin Freeman as [Bilbo] is just a revelation.

My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.

I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.

I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.

It's ridiculous, but it's horrible going bald. Anyone who says it isn't is lying.

I didn't much like Las Vegas. The noise of the place and the whole 24-hour, 'let's play the slot machines all night' culture of the place just left me cold.

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

New Zealand is a place where you can get well.

I'd be a very easy therapist's subject.

To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balancedlife.

The world changes fast, and a lot of the old country folks have a hard time keeping up with it, and it makes them sad.

The e-mails show the reporters collaborate and conspire directly with the [Hillary] Clinton campaign on helping her win the election all over.

'You can't see me'? What are you playing? Peekaboo?

I loved Super-Monkey; always wanted to do something with him but it never happened.

I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.

A man can't be in the space where there is feminine rage and bitterness. He doesn't know how to navigate it.

If following Jesus Christ doesn't cost you anything, it's because you've bought into 'American Christianity.'

I wear things that kind of can look good for extended periods of time - fabrics that don't wrinkle, things that don't stain very easily.

I never realized that as a woman I would be looked at as less than until I was pretty deep in this business and realized, 'Oh my God. I'm being treated this way because I'm female.