I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.

Never, ever wear three-quarter length trousers. Even in the summer.

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome.

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.

In the struggle for justice, the only reward is the opportunity to be in the struggle. You can't expect that you're going to have it tomorrow. You just have to keep working on it.

Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.

Neurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't.

You have to operate from the sense of everything is new and you're starting again.

Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Jesus is all about inclusion not exclusion.

What you don't deal with rules your life.