I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

If youre serious about what youre doing, youve got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you wont reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.

I've never taken myself too seriously, I'm not into that.

I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor.

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.

I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.

I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that.

I consider myself really lucky and I always have done. My approach is that if I know I'm relaxed and happy, then I will do my best work.

I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next.

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.

When you're playing a character, you don't really want to have an opinion about where you're going to end up. Otherwise, you can't really stay in the moment and in your character.

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

The reality of a question is inevitably more complicated than we would like to suppose.

How we educate the mind will change with the times; how we cultivate the heart is and will remain timeless.

I think that when you let go and "throw it all away" and stop getting attached and say "whatever happens, happens", you don't invest too much in anything particular, and things work out.

Anybody who helps the poor is delighted.

There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.

I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.

We rarely know where we are going; writing is a discovery.

My history defines who I am.