No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.

I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.

A breach in trust brings mistrust, followed by a multitude of troubles.

Before I sought truth. Now I seek justice.

There is no politically neutral fence available for us to sit on, and our attempts to do so have the consequence (intended or not) of supporting the existing political system.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.

No, the type-casting didn't happen until after Star Trek. I don't think that you get typecast until you've been cast!

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a good guy.

I have been married three times and it just keeps better and better, but I'm going to stop here.

I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.