I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.

Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money.

Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.

That singular uncompromising nature I think is always quite attractive, not just for an actor to play, we're attracted to uncompromising people whether they're nice or not, because they're 3D, they're solid, you can define them, it's not wishy washy.

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.

Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue.

It's quite liberating to have a director stand beside the camera and say: "Do this now, and do that now..." It's also a bit sordid but it liberates an actor, I think.