The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.

I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.

I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.

I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours - that will always remain and never be eroded by television.

I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.

You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.

If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not much to write about me in the tabloids.

To climb great mountains you need feet of faith.

I accept sceptics, you've got to have challenges.

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

If the Koran is the soul of Islam, then perhaps the institution of the Muslim family might be described as its body.

I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing.

Only a smile can make the tears dissapear

As human beings, what we can do is extend help in whatever way possible.

For me he (Tendulkar) is one of the greatest cricketers

When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.

We must follow, not force Providence.