I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!

If it ain't on a page, it ain't on a stage.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

I'll be working with Ridley's [Scott] brother, Tony, again, someone who needless to say we've had a great amount of success together. I trust him - so I won't have to think about it or I'll try not to.