Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

It's nice to know that if you've worked really hard at something, it gets recognised with a tick in the success column - however you define that, be it making a bunch of dough, which the actors never see much of, or whether it's a piece that's enlightening or stays with the audience maybe six, seven or even eight or 10 years later.

Careers go in cycles. I've plateau-ed. I've been at the bottom of the ocean... You win some, you lose some.

George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?

You should do everything as if it's the last time you might ever do it. Because, you know, it may be.

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.