And to Tom Cruise, for if you had won this, your asking price would have gone down so fast. Do you have any idea what supporting actors get paid? We get only one trailer, a small one, in the back.

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'

My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be.

When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.