A challenge is always important; as an actor, as a human, it's good to face challenges and it's good to push your boundaries.

Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.

I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.

I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.

I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."

I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.

My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor and if fame follows suit, that's fine.

I'm not good at just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, hoping that the perfect role is going to turn up.

When I'm putting the character together I try to find music that I think fits the character.

What I like doing these days is spending more time with coaches because I think it's important to work on yourself.

There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had.

For a finite being, an infinite path has no meaning!

Empty yourself to fill the void with love.

I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell.

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.

It's everyone's destiny to be glooped at some point in their life.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

I've always liked fashion, I've always made sure that I was dressed properly; the way I looked was always important to me.

Purim, one of my favorite holidays. It's like the original drag queen's holiday. It's when all the Jewish men go for it and feel no guilt for a change.

I love to lose myself in a mystery to pursue my reason to an O altitudo.

[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned liberalism of Ted Kennedy.