I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors can plan more than I'm able to.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.

The art of survival is a story that never ends.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.

Are you an artist?""I'm a mess is what I am, " he says, holding on to the building for support. "A bloody mess. You 're the artist, mate." Then he's gone.

You must remember that you are my prime treasure (and always have been).'Emma Darwin to husband Charles

The world is alive with words

Much of our lives consists of a series of choices over which we have absolute control.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.

A complete need should not exist... love, life in common with loved ones?

We bear the sole, relentless tenderness.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Most persons who indulge in second thought don't do much thinking when the subject is presented for first thought.