You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.

It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.

Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage.

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it.

Life is not all about profundity. Life is about little things that piss you off, little triumphs, little defeats. So, you can't spend all your time being profound.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well.

There's nothing like the knowledge of being hanged in the morning to concentrate the mind wonderfully.

Never fear being a petty fool it means you ain't dying

The world will never know you because you have not become a slave of your gift

You increase your joy by increasing the pure joy of others.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.

A dead enemy is a joy forever

A dish around which I see too many people doesn't tempt me.

there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.

When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality.

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.