The more varied the characters, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello.

Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.

You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin.

I will watch everything that Cary Grant did, or Kubrick made or Bergman.

There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right?

When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.

Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary.

I believe there is also a Tim Roth Monastery.

Doing comedy for film is always a challenge because you are in the hands of the editor after the fact. I am hoping I can do some more soon, I enjoy doing comedy.

If you truly want to know a person, talk to their enemies.

Meditate,  Clear,  Calm,  Center,  Ground, Empty your mind, Stillness. Be receptive to a new approach. Believe in the possibilities of new opportunities.

He sank to his knees, absolutely full of despair and sadness. For a long time, droplets of blood continued to fall into his lap.

To dream in doctrines, how tidy!

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, but I don't get tired of it.

The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to let your heart grow wider and deeper.

A joyous occasion is never quite as wonderful as when it becomes a memory.

He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

Man is the plumeless genus of bipeds, birds are the plumed.