One of the traditions of film acting is a sort of mumbled realism. Be minimal, and do less. 'Even less than that.'

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

The perfect life is not worth living. There would be nothing to look forward to. The imperfect life is perfect.

No one is too poor to give a smile - a gift, often, of greater consequence than any sum of money.

Personality rise as comparison dies.

Men who drink herbal teas are seldom serial killers.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Surely we may with reverence say that, in a true and deep sense, God Himself is the answer to prayer.

The moon shone like herrings in the water.

Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.

If it does not fit, you must acquit.

I wake up in the morning and ask myself; is life worth living? Should I blast myself?