I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the set.

I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.

Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.

Nothing is forever. Except atoms.

There is doggedness to genius. It is the ability to dig deep and hold on to the dream.

Western "freedom" is a sophisticated form of control.

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

I was able to make many different kinds of movies. They enriched me on many different levels.

I've learned survival secrets from being on camera, and then translated them into everyday life.

There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.

I can mingle with the stars and throw a party on Mars I am a prisoner, locked up behind Xanax bars

I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like him.

Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.