Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects.

The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

No matter how big a name you are, how many big series you've been in or how good looking you are, in the end, all actors are secondary to the writer.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

When you seek revenge, be sure to dig two graves.

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

There are often two conversations going on in a marriage. The one that you’re having and the one you’re not.

Mr. Boy Scout was not for her. He was exactly the type of man her family would expect her to settle down with. Freaking perfect.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring.

It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

Escape from the power of the hunting pack, and to know that wisdom is best and beauty sheer holiness.

There's something about a guy who admits he's a jerk that makes him forgiveable.

‎I don't think we can do anything more than what we are doing now.

It is not how you start the race or where you are during the race-it is how you cross the finish line that will matter.

Noise is the typographical error and the poorly designed page...Ambiguity is noise. Redundancy is noise. Misuse of words is noise. Vagueness is noise. Jargon is noise.