I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers.

I'm perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing.

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

When you find the right components in your life, the right people, that gel with you, then you feel as though you're invincible. It may be a fallacy, but you at least feel as though you can take all that life has to dish out.

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny.