Lust, that state commonly known as 'being in love,' is a kind of madness. It is a distortion of reality so remarkable that it should, by rights, enable most of us to understand the other forms of lunacy with the sympathy of fellow-sufferers. But, paradoxically, mad and suffering as one is, and the heat of the flame, few of us are glad as we feel that passion slip away No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family.

If you're in the movie or in television, your failures are very public, and so are your successes. You weigh them up against each other, really.

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

I love 'Sex and the City;' I think I've seen every episode.