The first step in solving a problem is recognizing there is one

I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.

I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.

The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.

The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.

I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.

For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.

A story about my life would be utterly dull.

I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.

[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is Scottish.

I was performing my ritual of sipping tea, shooting flirtatious glances and planning murder

Truth, with a capital T, was swapped for Fact with a capital F, then both lower-cased —facts the new trues.

All people are born creative. And there's nobody who's helpless, nobody.

Sometimes I'd like everybody who is stuck, or lost, or vacant to stay that way and keep silent for as long as it takes, but that's the critic in me talking.

Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.

When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.

They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love.

In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.