I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.

Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

I don't do the whole L.A. nightlife thing.

When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

You are living to the fullest when you live to discover and fulfill your purpose

The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit.

To little men, gods send little things.

We can't tell particularly smart stories if we want to keep our audience big enough to pay for these big spectacle films that we want to do.

The irony of prison is that it takes years and years and years to plan an elaborate escape, but all you have is years and years and years.

Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one: but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

People don't need to be managed, they need to be unleashed.

For she belike hath drunken deep Of all the blessedness of sleep.

I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.