The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.

Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming!

You are the result of billions of years of evolution. You will only live for a few years and will never exist again. Absolutely beautiful

I like every part [of the film process ] except the business and admin stuff. The initial idea. Writing. Re-writing. Casting. Directing, Editing. If I had to chose I'd say writing, followed by putting music on the picture. That is magical.

You can just keep getting it worse until you have to pull back and let the audience breathe. But yeah, I really love digging.

My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn't reoffended. I think he's going straight, which shows you prison does work.

It will be great to play a short, fat sweaty loser for a change.