My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from.

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.

Don't be a leader to dictate, but be a person whom everyone wants to emulate and follow.

General..behold the future of weaponry.""What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?""It's..technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!""It's..what?

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

Last century’s magic is this year’s science.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

At six o'clock we cleaned our cells, At seven all was still, But the sough and swing of a mighty wing The prison seemed to fill, For the Lord of Death with icy breath Had entered in to kill.

Many photographers think they are photographing nature when they are only caricaturing her.

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.