I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.

If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.

I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.

Jewelry is fine on some guys, but it's not for me.

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

I always get very fit if I'm going away filming for two months in Afghanistan or wherever.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

The moment I felt my life return was when I took a breath and said to him, "No thank you. Were I as perfect as you are demanding, life would be rather boring.

What is meant by calling the writings of Moses and the Prophets

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

Religion is just a path for finding truth: Religion is not truth. It is just a path. And different people follow different paths.

There's people saying that 'Jackie Brown' was a blaxploitation movie, when there's nothing at all blaxploitation about it other than Pam Grier being in it.

Talent comes from experience and failure

I want to have a movie where people's eyes are glued to the screen, not when they're running from the screen.

Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.