It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.

I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.

Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

Wind is wind.

Qualifications or not without gratitude you not qualified enough to be a leader.

Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank.

Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

Marriage gives you a new respect for a person.

I've always been a religious guy, but not overly religious. I've always believed in God and Jesus. I pray.

Don't all the girls get prettier at closing time?

I'm just as unhappy about San Antonio as I was about Chicago. If you're unhappy about certain things, you're unhappy everywhere.

The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which never happens.