The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.

Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing.

You know everyone loves to be the villain.

My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.

I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.

I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.

Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth.

I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

There is space in the supermarket shelf for all of us.

But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man.

we need to be pure in love.

So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

The human propensity is to believe that flukes of good fortune will never come to an end.

It is important to make the best out of every generation.

Life is beautiful all of the time. Just to be alive and perceive that beauty of life all around you and within you is the best that there is.

We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

Profits are what you make when not working.

Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

when life gives you lemons. Make yourself a screwdriver