Peter Mullan is the least method actor around.

Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

Theres a burgeoning film scene in Romania.

My parents are Polish. I dont know anything about Italian-ness.

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'

Part of George R.R. Martins brilliant storytelling is taking the carpet out from under your feet.

If Im honest, the reason I got into acting is not the reason Im still doing it, and if Im still doing it in ten years time, Im sure Ill find something else.

I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.

When you're on camera, you can't think of all the technical things.

To be honorable, you have to make sacrifices for others.

You know what truly aches? Having so much inside you and not having the slightest clue of how to pour it out.

It's the plugging away that will win you the day So don't be a piker old pard! Just draw on your grit it's so easy to quit- It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

If you're doing something the same way you have been doing it for ten years, the chances are you are doing it wrong.

Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

When I watched Braveheart I was in tears and I was rooting for the Scottish people

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.

I never sing a song more than twice because my fear of waning excitement for a piece is part of my troubles. I so rely on vibe, energy and emotions that the technical part occurs to me last.

Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget