The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.

I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.

Above all things I believe in love.

My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.

Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.

...as an actor there's nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It's so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.

What matters most with any regimen, whether it's to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say 'no more.

If you want to make dough, do a bun dance.

I wrote two million words of crap. Maybe I'm just a slow learner .

A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.

Rydstrom: "To get it right this time."

The future is neither ahead nor behind, on one side or another. Nor is it dark or light. It is contained within ourselves; its evil and good are perpetually within us.

Scientific criticism has no nobler task than to shatter false beliefs.

He had a face like a blessing.

The great benefit of practicing mindfulness... is presence of mind within a storm of emotions.

It doesn't have to be the truth, just your vision of it, written down.

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.