I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.

I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.

I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

I think I am more of a coward than anybody. It's a very weird feeling. The more I fear violence, the more I'm inclined to depict it in films.

Sometimes I think everyone's an attorney.

Be joyful and expect a great future.

I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.

A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.

When Nixon declared the war on cancer, he had no army. He had no tools. He had no anything, except good intentions.

Stress is when you're 29 years old, playing for Rochdale, with an expiring contract and a mortgage to pay.

The only way faith can be relevant is by preparing the mind to receive it.

I don't want to have the threat of the sky falling on my head or some idiot pushing some button that sets off World War Three.