My parents are Polish. I dont know anything about Italian-ness.

Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

Theres a burgeoning film scene in Romania.

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'

Part of George R.R. Martins brilliant storytelling is taking the carpet out from under your feet.

If Im honest, the reason I got into acting is not the reason Im still doing it, and if Im still doing it in ten years time, Im sure Ill find something else.

I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.

When you're on camera, you can't think of all the technical things.

Peter Mullan is the least method actor around.

The day is crisp and clear, almost like every other morning he's taken the same walk in the snow, hiking to the forest and back.

It was a dark, dismal afternoon, like they all seem to bethese days, when I got this call. I could hear the rainbattering the windowpane of my office when the phone rang.

How do you sell emptiness, vulnerability, and nonsuccess?

The alternative to peace is war, which will expose everyone to mass casualties, misery and a loss of perspective for many years to come.

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

I try to be as realistic as possible.

So many I considered, closest to me,turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully,although that knife was chipping away at me,they turned their eyes away and went home to sleep.

This is like playing Russian roulette with a Luger rather than a revolver. One bullet, one chamber - and we're pulling the trigger.

You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It's still in the back of my mind.