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I feel very fortunate, always.
I have a very easy life, I can wander around.
I look like a turnip with hair in the morning!
To a certain extent I suppose all actors are big kids.
Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.
You never know what the public is going to respond to or relate to.
It happens very rarely that your ears perk up about a certain project.
The truth is lots of films are made, the majority of which are terrible.
I suppose theres an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.
I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.
People are earning their living as 'celebrities' without actually doing anything.
You should always think about things that excite you and that you can learn from.
When you work with people who are so passionate about their product it's kinda inspiring.
There is nothing I hate more than meeting someone who has forgotten the art of conversing.
Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.
Any son of a dictator, I'm sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father.
I like being in focus, in the moment, changing and adapting and creating and advancing a scene.
One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.
I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen.
We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor.
It's a good feeling to come away from a day's work feeling like you've achieved something. Tired brain is good.
There's only so much you can do of trying, finding yourself very close to getting a part and then not getting it.
I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.
The stunt guys are absolutely brilliant, but all this stuff [a scene] always looks better when you do it yourself.
I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.
I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.
I have always worked from that place, that if you are going to inhabit someone and get under their eyes, you need to have empathy.
Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.
You want to know if anyone's going to go see your film. You shouldn't worry about it or get hung up on it. So yea, you kind of monitor it.
Yes, I want children and I can't wait to have that closeness with someone - to bring someone into the world. But, I really don't know when.
I've always been astonished by how wonderful he [Timur Bekmambetov] makes something look for so little. I think he shoots action like no one else.
Sometimes the roles you're being offered, leads in films aren't good enough. Actually it's you're better going and doing a radio play or a decent TV.
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.
I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.
In whatever work environment, whether we admit it or not, there is always a little part of us that has been or will be tempted by a lifestyle for the wrong reasons.
Especially with comedy, you take massive risks because ultimately you're trying to be funny. If you're not funny, then it's really embarrassing and you look stupid.
I think skilled salesmen have the ability to work out who you are and pick out aspects of your personality. They almost manipulate you, in a way, to make you buy their product.
For the three years I was in school training to be an actor, I was told, 'It's very unlikely you'll work at all on the stage or in film', so I feel I have to take all the opportunities I can.
I remember, as a young man, wanting to experience a car going at those speeds and being visually nourished by something which I loved so much. And I wanted to race fast cars and have a good time.
I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made a success of this career path.' You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better.
I'm really into tennis. Because of the traveling, standing in front of a mirror and lifting weights in a gym makes me feel putrid. I'd rather do something that's physically tough and mentally stimulating.
You never know really what anyone thinks about you - that's why all my closest friends are ones I've had since my schooling days when I was 5. And I surround myself with people who I trust and who know me.
I grew up loving cars. It was completely and utterly, without a doubt, my childhood dream. Whether your childhood dream progresses or changes, you turn into a man and you probably shouldn't still have that same dream.
I'm always in awe of directors because they're just holding so much stuff in the air. They've got so many decisions that they need to be making and they have to have the complete overall look of what the piece of artwork is.
There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.
The drummer is definitely the hidden hero of a band they really hold the music together. It's actually a really difficult job, and as I said before they're very much hidden, they're not the celebrity, they're not the front man so they get the best of both worlds really
I think women are great drivers. To be honest, I've only been in one car accident - one of my best friends, his wife was driving. She went into oncoming traffic, our car flipped almost four times. I didn't even have time to put on a seat belt, because they'd just picked me up.
It's funny how you have to keep changing, or showing that you are capable of doing something different from people's expectations. People really only do remember you from the last thing you've done, or desperately want to put you into a position that they think you're capable of.
I would like to do any way possible that Howard Stark can make a return. He's such a fun character to play, and I really believe that he could make quite an exciting character to watch more of. The flawed entrepreneur, the kind of crazy playboy, from that era is an exciting concept.
The people in Iraq lived essentially good lives. They had brilliant health and education systems. Saddam actually created an incredible infrastructure in a very difficult country, but they were a Mafia family. If you said anything against that regime or that family you would be killed instantly.