My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.

I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.

I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.

I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours - that will always remain and never be eroded by television.

I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.

You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.

If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not much to write about me in the tabloids.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Some caregivers want to reciprocate the care they themselves received as children.

Deadwood was a place created by a series of accidents. A kind of original sin.

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.

Every man is received in heaven who receives heaven in himself while in the world, and he is excluded who does not.

I think that's why I keep being drawn back to television, because I think it's one of the most creative outlets.

In his garden, every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation.

Philosophers should be, as Seneca put it, 'lawyers for humanity'. Make what you think and feel count; the examined life has global dimensions.

The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.

If you lose your soul, there is a danger of its being destroyed. Therefore, you may not love it, since you do not want it to be destroyed. But in not wanting it to be destroyed, you love it.