You take the job very seriously and between action and cut, that's where your focus should be. And then there's a lot of levity in between and a lot of good fun.

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.

I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.

I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.

I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours - that will always remain and never be eroded by television.

I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.

You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.

If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not much to write about me in the tabloids.

If you are not willing to stand up for anything or anybody, then why should the Creator take a single step to help you?

Maybe that's why I'd been chosen to become the first female Reaper in history. I think the boys had been losing too many souls.

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right.

No one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another. I testify that he loves each of us--insecuritie s, anxieties, self-image, and all.

Obama is running again for spite.

Poetry is the one thing that isn't contaminated, the one thing that isn't part of the game.

Actually, your soul and mine are the same. We appear and disappear with each other.

In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.

Practice is personal; no two people's experiences are alike.