I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind.

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.

I'm a terrible dancer.

I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved.

Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.

The image of all the cars leaving pastel-colored people at the same time has never really left me as an anti-ambition for life!

I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people.

I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way.

I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash.

He conquers who endures.

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

My not-so-fun traits are that I get very impatient and I can be really stubborn.

The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

When it's over I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real.

Curiosity makes loneliness.

This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.

Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.

All for each, and each for all, is a good motto; but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.