While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home.

Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

I don't do the whole L.A. nightlife thing.

When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

Apathy is the door to ignorance. Empathy is the door to wisdom.

In your mind you are cheating somebody, but in reality you are cheating yourself.

A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.

Thirteen years of friendship had bonded us together more thoroughly than if we had been born of the same mother. Even at this late stage, I was unwilling to let him go.

My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this.

I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.

Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius.