We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.

If I had any deadly secrets, I wouldn't still be alive.

There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business.

I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that covered a multitude of things.

You can learn Elvish, if you want. It's a language like Italian and English. You can learn to read it, you can learn to write it, and you can learn to speak it.