Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

Theres a burgeoning film scene in Romania.

My parents are Polish. I dont know anything about Italian-ness.

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'

Part of George R.R. Martins brilliant storytelling is taking the carpet out from under your feet.

If Im honest, the reason I got into acting is not the reason Im still doing it, and if Im still doing it in ten years time, Im sure Ill find something else.

I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out.

When you're on camera, you can't think of all the technical things.

Peter Mullan is the least method actor around.

The first step to reclaim your power to control your own life is to take responsibility for your life completely.

Your people sell the weapons. My people use them.

That’s writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn’t turn up.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Tai Chi Chuan, the great ultimate, strengthens the weak, raises the sick, invigorates the debilitated, and encourages the timid

The human mind is not, as philosophers would have you think, a debating hall, but a picture gallery.

I just...feel like I need to save everyone. To redeem myself.

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

Sometimes,” he said after a second that lasted a million years, “things get broken. And they can’t be fixed.