What I went into the acting business for was to have a certain amount of chaos in my life. I don't know what I'm doing next. It's exciting. That's the way I like it.

When you're dealing with killing people and things that are upsetting, that can be a delicate place to occupy yourself for a day.

We start off wearing frilly shirts and britches and being good guys and the heroes. And then as time goes on, every English actor ends up playing bad guys. That's what we do.

I think the James Bond thing has sailed. But of course I would want to be a Bond villain. They are great parts. I think it's highly unlikely, but one can always dream.

Somebody doing something effortlessly is a lovely thing to watch.

Im not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

I think the older I get, the less I should be doing.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.

If love wasn't conditional, everybody would be in love with everybody.

'Home Alone' was a movie, not an alibi.

We had a lot to do with Randy being fired. If we were to do a lot better, then it probably wouldn't have happened.

When you meet someone you really like and connect with, I think that's very special, and not to be taken for granted.

Brad "not great" Henderson.

Well, demonization itself can help ... to provide an alibi. You succumb to the Devil incarnate, and as a result you're not guilty yourself.

The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn.

Every human being has the ability to completely control his own mind.

By nature, I'm a little distractible. I get very overwhelmed by the world.