Action movies live and die by the story that you're trying to tell. It's hard. It's very difficult to do an action movie that stays engaging.

There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.

The character I play has all these revolutionary ideas. I think the classic thing is that majority people who are criticising it probably have never read the books, and need to. And I'm sure that the Catholic Church, which is being directed as you know, can handle it.

My mother gave me a real kick toward cooking, which was that if I wanted to eat, I'd better know how to do it myself.

I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.

I've got to be high class... Which is sad, because I like bars.

Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.