I'm unshockable, fortunately -- or unfortunately.

I don't really believe in anything special, but I respect God. I go to church sometimes, but not often.

I wanted to work in the arts. My dream come true would be to be an architectural historian and work with the royal palaces and all the fabulous art collections. But I'm not committed enough.

The most important thing in my life is to live my life and enjoy it--to do what I think is right and what I think is good.

I am an incredibly strong person and an incredibly fast person.

Only through the conversion of time can greatness be bought.

Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society.

No decent man would ever strike a woman or a child.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian──ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection that unattainable by the highest art.

One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.

Try to hold on to youth and it mocks you while it sprints away.

The manipulation of statistical formulas is no substitute for knowing what one is doing.

If people were super-optimistic about technology there would be no reason to be pessimistic about the future.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.