We have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it's a sad story, as if we didn't know it's a sad story. There isn't a single cool newsreader.

It's funny, in literature no one ever goes to the lavatory.

My capacity as a monk was to passionately believe utter nonsense, and when you're an actor you have to do the same thing. Also, Christianity used to have a lot to do with self-loathing and an acceptance of criticism and things like that which is terribly important for actors.

Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick.

Precious moments are small elements of time, we show and share love and kindness, with those we care about.

The thing is I'm very interested in bad taste, as anyone who's ever seen me perform or had dinner with me would know.

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?