On The Others, very atmospheric and probably mysterious is how I would say it felt to be on the set. It felt just a little uneasy, the atmosphere that we were trying to capture.

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you've been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

When you seek revenge, be sure to dig two graves.

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

Creating happens in the midst of chaos.

As with all travel, replacing familiar surroundings with the unknown fires an electric charge that awakens a sense of adventure.

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.

Tennis is a very objective sport in the sense that the scoreboard doesn't lie.

The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.

Truth is a torch, but a huge one, and so it is only with blinking eyes what we all of us try to get past it, in actual terror of being burnt.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.