You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.

The success of the film is down to the crew.

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.

I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.

In terms of jumping into a characters skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is whats required to achieve what I want to achieve.

You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry.

Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed.

I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg.

Sometimes you just can't walk away from films you're offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.

I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

Everything comes out of smoke and mist and nothingness, a mystical happening…

Sometimes I’m asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer . . . prayer . . . prayer.

A great Country is not the Country with a great population, but a Country with a great number of persons that believe in entrepreneurship.

The English language is simply not logical. It is strong, free, and beautiful.

When you release yourself from the need for approval and control you can stop punishing yourself and others.

I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.

Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse.

We don't always cry because we are weak, sometimes we cry because we have been strong, brave and courageous for way too long.

I had a great family. My father was in the Air Force, so we were always disciplined, goal oriented.