My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

Well, I have a band, Sadie and the Hotheads, and we have an album that is already out that is available on our website.

England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.

I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.

We lack rituals in this modern world.

That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.

Personal power depends on the power of imagination

Justice it means but it's everybody eating everyone else. That's what life is after all.

Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in.

Hell is not filled with people who are deeply sorry for their sins. It is filled with people who for all eternity still shake their puny fist in the face of God Almighty.

With young people, there's often that carelessness, allowing yourself to get into danger - recklessness, I suppose.

A man is truly a man when he wins the love of a good woman, earns her respect, and keeps her trust. Until you can do that, you're not a man.

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

Men of learning began to set experiments aside...to form theories...and to substitute these in the place of experiments.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

You're never quite sure how you feel about a neighbor until a 'For Sale' sign suddenly appears in front of his house.