Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.

Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.

A story about my life would be utterly dull.

At the heart of every really good Christmas movie is the threat, I suppose, to Christmas. Something is wrong with Christmas, in all of these movies. In 'The Polar Express,' there's a kid that doesn't really believe, and that's the threat to Christmas. In 'Santa Claus: The Movie,' jealousy and greed are threatening to overrun his Christmas.

Our intellect, our awareness, and our consciousness is the most powerful form of life on this planet.

I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that I look like someone from 1920.

It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press.