Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I need to worry about!"

When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films.

If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.

I like the fact that Hogan's shoes all have this sporty sole that is great even for an older man with a bad back like me.

For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.

How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse.

you see, we live in a cold climate and are not permitted to kiss on the street so I made up a song that wasn't true. I made up a song called Marriage.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.

We joke around a lot with our ballclub.

If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

All I had was persistence. Turns out that's all you need.

It would be catastrophic if one day these fundamentalists Christians gain enough political power to enforce their literal understanding of Mosaic Law.

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

We didn't win the Cold War, we were just a big bank that bankrupted a smaller bank because we had an arms race that wiped the Russians out.