To find a good story, you’re generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn’t mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story.

Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.

As Aragorn said at Helm's Deep, "There is always hope."

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.

I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.