I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

I am still fully committed to male-female equality.

Make a destination of the greater truth.

I said [Hillary Clinton] doesn't have the stamina. And I don't believe she does have the stamina.

I now rely on a scanner, which reproduces the passages I want to cite, and then I keep my own comments on those books in a separate file so that I will never confuse the two again.

One of the surprises of her unoccupied state was the discovery that time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace

I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

If I don't wear something for a year, I give it away.

Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the dark, using a flashlight when you pour the boiling water.

What a house - nothin' but rooms!