Ridley creates a very immersive world, so when you walk up to a Ridley Scott film set you're in Ridley Scott's imagination, and it's a really comfortable, cool place to be.

I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.

I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.

Ive just tried to keep my eyes open, tried to read everything you can, and tried to see whether I see myself within it. If I do, then I can get excited about it.

The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a one-man show by a river.

When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed.

All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life.

It's a strange thing, but you get this click in your brain; the wonderful feeling that the entirety of a character is suddenly available and accessible to you.

I started working as an actor, semi-professionally, when I was 16, and got my first professional gig at 19. I guess I've kind of worked pretty consistently since then.

Ive always liked the idea of being a father. And Ive always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that.

David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.

True love happened rarely and standing in the brink of one, it would in all certainty be an act of cowardice to retreat without letting her know his desire.

I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another.

The United Nations is our conscience. If it succeeds it is our success. If it fails it is our failure.

Being in rehab it's no fun. But afterwards it's like the best thing ever. I didn't want to leave.

I was born in a blender.

I was taught early on in my recovery that, 'Pain is good. Extreme pain is extremely good.'

Since being diagnosed, I have done a greater good for society in eight years, than in my 37 years on earth.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.