Pretty much all films I've seen that depict the life of Christ end with the Crucifixion, almost like the filmmakers don't know what to do after.

I've got a vendetta to destroy the Net, to make everyone go to the library. I love the organic thing of pen and paper, ink on canvas. I love going down to the library, the feel and smell of books.

Whether you're a believer or not, I think there's a huge value in understanding the quality of redemption.

When I was offered the part in Shakespeare In Love a voice in my head said 'not another tights role!

From the age of about five to twelve I was very bad, a hideous little terror who beat people up. I was a member of a Rough Gang - we went around and terrorised all the pupils in school.

I love new writing, new blood, modern works by unknown writers.

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.

It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think, 'Christ, I've been sweating and crying for seven years.'.

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

Youth is a predominant factor. We are seeing a young King Arthur, and thereby a young-ish - as I'm into my 40s - Merlin. It was about how to tackle it, from that point view.

I've always believed that you shouldn't want to mend a broken heart, because that's someone you don't want to forget. Scars can be good.

An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.

She couldn't tell where his pupils ended and the irises began

a good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving" Taoist dictum quoted by Sam Miller

I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.

There's a song", I say. "There's always a song", he says.

It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.

Inside, I was like: "Ha, suck my spiky rubber strap-on, vampyre hunter!

I must say that though other days may not be so bright, as we look toward the future, that the brightest days will continue to be those we spent with you here in Ireland.

Relationships happen in experiences.

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.