I only want to do the kind of work that I would like to go and see, that`s going to teach me something new, that involves working with people I can learn something from and I can give something to.

Every so often you get to play wonderful characters maybe at the wrong time in your life. Sometimes, you get to play terrible characters at a really great time in your life. Sometimes, the right character comes along at the right time.

I always prefer things straight up, not cold or watered down. Not big on cocktails either.

I've never been a fan of just doing. I like to do things for a reason.

I've always liked what Thomas More said in Utopia, which is that in Utopia every person is allowed their own lifestyle and religion but no one is allowed to stand on a soapbox and tell others that theirs is right. I thought that was brilliant. Brilliant.

The only film I ever made for money was something called Music From Another Room, which I really didn`t like.

Success, and even life itself, wouldn't be worth anything if I didn't have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me.