People have interesting things to say and you're only going to learn from different people's experience and knowledge.

Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.

I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.

I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.

I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."

I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.

My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor and if fame follows suit, that's fine.

I'm not good at just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, hoping that the perfect role is going to turn up.

When I'm putting the character together I try to find music that I think fits the character.

What I like doing these days is spending more time with coaches because I think it's important to work on yourself.

There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had.

He’s drowning, suffocating under the weight of my darkness and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.

The ideal committee is one with me as chairman and two other members in bed with flu.

There is a longing for a return to a time without the need for choices, free of the regret at the inevitable loss that all choice (however wonderful) has entailed.

The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.

Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.

If I could just have my music be played for many people no matter what method or way is used, I would reply that that is not the case.

I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

Marriage is an an inherently contradictory state. It involves the fusion of two people into one thing. And it's also love, and it's a lot of work, and it's got glory in its drudgery.