That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.

I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.

I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.

I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours - that will always remain and never be eroded by television.

I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.

You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.

If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not much to write about me in the tabloids.

The only freedom you truly have is in your mind, so use it.

CUSTOMER (to her friend): What's this literary criticism section? Is it for books that complain about other books?

When asking for advice, search not for what is on the surface, Dig deeper, questioning what does this person believe in?

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

There's never been a presidency that's done so much in such a short period of time, and we haven't even started the big work yet.

A poem is a hand, a hook, a prayer. It is a soul in action.

Cause your opponent to repent, then let him fall

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.