I relish the eight-hour format of a single season because it gives you time to do that.

The story [of Allied] stayed with me, like a stray dog outside the office, waiting.

I think that helps because there has been no formality of friendship, the politeness of friendship, so we can just work directly on the work that's ahead of us [with Tom Hardey].

If you've read something brilliant, it's good. It's good to look out the window and see what's going on in the world.

True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely.

In terms of how [Allied] looks, it's fantastic and much better than I had hoped because it's so lush and so beautifully executed.

It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like treading on fresh snow. You're the first one there.

No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made.

Sometimes you take something because it's an offer and it's big and it's good money and you have to absolutely respect that process, because it's not easier.

I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the dialogue and then the performance comes around.

There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own creation, it's more pleasurable because you have total control.

The literary man re-reads, other men simply read.

The best part of the journey is the surprise and wonder along the way.

Each time a language dies, another flame goes out, another sound goes silent.

Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.

I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit of singing, and no guns and no killing, but nobody offers me those kind of parts.

I think the comfort of sneakers is really coming back. Everybody wants a cool pair of shoes, but they want to be comfortable.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music

Contouring is like my favorite thing ever because you can get cheekbones even if you don't have them.

When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is larger.

Actually, every human being should show the greatest interest in this subject, because, much more than you can imagine, our lives depend upon beekeeping.