I've always got a book in my hands, a novel in my hands. The more I get into film, the more paranoid I get that I'm going to stop seeing things.

Once you've been with each other in a primal, shagging state, it's hard to talk about the weather.

Some people are easier to love when you don't have to be around them.

Everything in the street today seems soft focus.

His eyes are wild, psychotic slits that bat-dance in your soul looking for good things to crush or bad elements to identify with.

don't let jesus in. AA is just one obsession replaced with another

The inspiration can come in such small ways that if you sit there just waiting for the big epiphany you'll sit there for the rest of your life.

I'm not running away, I'm moving on.

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.

Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know.

You can't lie to your soul.

The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.

Forget about acquiring new people. If you service your audience they will get you new fans.

Certain people have the eye of the tiger, and I never was myself that kind of person, although I'm not a slacker.

There are two kinds of marketing: expensive and inexpensive. Expensive marketing is the kind that doesn't work. Inexpensive marketing is the kind that works—regardless of cost.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods.

I don't have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome.

Act now. Act with speed.

But I often think that so-called glamorous people are just very busy people.

We can't negate television. Unfortunately, I do feel in many ways that it did kill my movie career. It did do that. But would I not do it again? Do I have any regrets about doing it? No.