I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness.

Look, my philosophy in life is expect nothing and everything is a bonus.

I think the most interesting question is, why do you act? I act because I have felt in acting some of the most free moments of my life...I think it's also one thing that scares me the most.

My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.

I truly believe that the job of an actor and the drive of an actor is simulating the internal journey in life which is to get deeper and deeper into our understanding of who we are.