Occasionally I go shopping for clothes, but I find the whole thing a real chore.

I lead a very boring life.

Sunday evenings often feel like the weekend is over before it's even begun.

I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan.

It's funny, I listen to friends who talk about back when they were 14, eight, 16, whatever, as if it was yesterday. Me, I've no idea what I did. It's all a blur, I'm afraid.

I'm so glad this is the last day of these thing, I get so tired of listening to my own voice.

Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process.

Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there.

Left to my own devices I'd get up at midday every day of my life.

I happen to have worked with male directors who don't understand women at all. Not at all. I'm flabbergasted by their ignorance.

What's it like to kiss Mel Gibson?

But without wisdom, imagination is like a cruel taskmaster.

I'm avoiding tomorrow, by spending more time in today.

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

The United States cannot continue to lose vast amounts of business, vast amounts of companies, and millions and millions of people losing their jobs.

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

Most of the time pests and disease are just nature's way of telling the farmer he's doing something wrong.

Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual.

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.

It made me feel that I had to work very hard, but I've always felt I had to work very hard to get my own approval.