I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.

We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there.

I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

As an actor, you people-watch, you observe. And the more famous you become, the sad thing is you lose the ability to do that. Instead of people-watching, you become the focus of attention.

Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.

The great thing about having been in a lot of make-up, and stuff like that, is that when you're working with someone who's in it, and you've been there and done it, but you're not in it anymore, you feel so good.

One of my career ambitions was fulfilled working with John [Hurt]. I loved his work long before I ever had the idea of being an actor, so I was nervous to meet him. I was like a fanboy, like that annoying character on 'Saturday Night Live'. I'm sitting there. 'Do you remember when you were in 'Midnight Express'? Remember that scene you were in?' And he doesn't disappoint.